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A LOT OF NOT ENOUGH WAS TOO MUCH

A LOT OF NOT ENOUGH WAS TOO MUCH

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“Too much of any­thing is bad, but too much good whiskey is bare­ly enough”. Health con­cerns aside, Mark Twain’s apho­rism is an apt way to mea­sure the report­ing booze-up of the Trump arraign­ment. Too much of noth­ing hap­pen­ing on air for too long dis­tilled the live cov­er­age into a vin­tage more akin to a cheap blend than a fine sin­gle malt.… Read the rest

IT’S TIME TO HIT PAUSE AND REFRESH

IT’S TIME TO HIT PAUSE AND REFRESH

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The mid-term elec­tions hav­ing defied pre­dic­tions and avoid­ed cat­a­stro­phe, it would be a wise deci­sion for the U.S. and a wel­come relief for the rest of the world, if Amer­i­cans heed an obser­va­tion from one of their most tren­chant home­spun philoso­phers, Mark Twain: “The right word may be effec­tive, but no word was ever as effec­tive as a right­ly timed pause.”… Read the rest