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The Stealth Coronation of Donald J. Trump

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The Stealth Coronation of Donald J. Trump

His detractors will tell you that our 47th president is, to select just a few aspects of his unique persona, greedy, ignorant, tasteless, foul-mouthed, incontinent, a felon, a stranger to the truth, and an enemy of the law. We will not attempt to refute any of these charges; whatever skills we may have, they do not include writing fiction. Half the country disapproves of him, according to the polls.* It’s not hard to see why. One hundred and thirty days of unrelenting chaos can get on anyone’s nerves. Yet the other half approves.† The question of why appears to be the mystery of the age. Perhaps it’s this simple: he is ambitious. It can’t be denied that ambition is central to the American character—or, perhaps, to be more precise, to Americans’ self-image. Over the long haul, Americans have accumulated a staggering record of accomplishment. The first Americans developed ways to sustain themselves in a vast array of difficult environments for three times as long as…

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Better Old News, Than New Lies

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Andrew Grandstaff, a young desperado of Richland Centre, Wis., was captured June 2nd, and confessed the crime of killing old Reuben Drake, his wife and two grandchildren. He was taken from jail by a mob, and lynched, being tortured to death. There was almost a riot at the Second Presbyterian church in Newburyport last Sunday, owing to the parish committee having locked the doors and stationed an officer to prevent the late pastor, Rev. Theodore Beizeley, from entering. Legal complications are expected to ensue. New Hampshire Items Neil Sheehan, of “the landing,” at Dover, one of the liquor sellers who some time ago signed the “waiver” under the nuisance act, was on Friday held in $400 for the grand jury, on a charge of selling…

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Thurs, June 12

2000—The Energy Department its that two hard drives holding top-secret data on nuclear weapons have been missing for over a month. 1991—White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu takes…

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Wed, June 11

2018—The Supreme Court gives states another excuse—skipping an election—to purge voter rolls. 1995—In Claremont, N.H., Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich shake hands and pledge to reform lobbying and campaign financing….

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Tues, June 10

1990—British Airways pilot Tim Lancaster is sucked half-way out of Flight 5390 when its windshield blows out over Oxfordshire. The plane lands safely; Lancaster resumes flying. 1988—The Justice Dept. says…

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Mon, June 9

2023—The same U.S. ex-President is indicted again: 37 felonies for unlawful possession of national secrets. 2016—Donald Trump’s son, son-in-law, and campaign manager meet at Trump Tower with a whole slew…

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Volume 269, No. 19

The news of the day is appalling, so we’ve seasoned this issue with a generous helping of items that were new 137 years ago. Here’s an example:

“There was almost a riot at the Second Presbyterian church in Newburyport last Sunday, owing to the parish committee having locked the doors and stationed an officer to prevent the late pastor, Rev. Theodore Beizeley, from entering. Legal complications are expected to ensue.”

And here’s another:

“Mrs. Ivory Bean and Mrs. Orrin C. Boothby of South Waterboro, York county, Me., got into a dispute on Memorial day, Mrs. Bean accusing the other woman of being too intimate with Mr. Bean. Mrs. Boothby resented this by knocking Mrs. Bean down, hauling her out of the house by the hair, and beating and kicking her. Mrs. Bean, who is in delicate situation, will probably die from the effects of this treatment, and her assailant has been arrested.

Hmmm… maybe it’s always been appalling.

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“Thanks again, as always, for making the now really bad news somewhat easier to tolerate. The truth, which is now seldom spoken, and never spoken by our nation’s “Liar in Chief,” just keeps getting worse and worse. I am thankful for our still (for now, anyway) free press and late night television comedians’ rants posted on Youtube about the state of our country.”

— E.S., Dover, N.H.

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Portsmouth, arguably the first town in this country not founded by religious extremists, is bounded on the north and east by the Piscataqua River, the second, third, or fourth fastest-flowing navigable river in the country…read more.