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A (HOPEFULLY) HELPFUL HINT

A (HOPEFULLY) HELPFUL HINT

When you’re type­cast as ter­mi­nal­ly polite and stuck next to a fam­i­ly deter­mined to rev­el in being the stereo­typ­i­cal “neigh­bours from Hell,” the cour­te­ous thing to do is offer them a copy of Robert Burns’ poem, “To a Louse”.Read the rest

GETTING ALONG WITH(OUT) TRUMP

GETTING ALONG WITH(OUT) TRUMP

It seems to be a giv­en in Don­ald Trump’s world that no mat­ter how false or far­ci­cal his pro­nounce­ments, the rest of the world is expect­ed to trep­i­da­tious­ly parse them, but the U.S. doesn’t have to wor­ry about the rest of the world. Sor­ry, not quite.Read the rest