Daily Archives: Monday, August 13, 2018 @ 16:17

A usage irritation

The endless references to Alex Jones as a “conspiracy theorist” get under my skin as few real irritants do. Jones is not a theorist; he is a fabulist. From the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, the dictionary-of-record hereabouts: A theory is … Continue reading

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Failures of character

We all know by now that Trump-aide Omarosa Manigault Newman recorded her firing by Chief-of-Staff John Kelly in the White House Situation Room, and today we learn that the next day she recorded a conversation with the Buffoon-in-Chief. He commiserates, … Continue reading

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