Ever since Richard Nixon dabbed the sweat off his upper lip during his televised debate with John F. Kennedy in 1960, presidential campaigns have been about the optics and technology. While there’s nothing that can definitely prove it, most pundits think, and many Americans have come to believe, that Nixon lost the race because of how […]
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Trump and The Surprise Doctrine
The Boston Globe’s Ideas section on Sunday offered a look at Donald Trump’s America. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a whole lot to it because Trump is so adept at talking in an entertaining way without saying much of substance. The Globe’s Alex Kingsbury, in a letter to his editor, said he had been unable to complete […]