“As we head into election season, I leave you with one
last gem from [Mark] Twain: ‘Politicians and diapers must be changed often and
for the same reason.’”
—Ron Chernow, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
and presidential biographer, “Trump
is just one chapter of bad fiction in America’s history, White House press
dinner told,” The Guardian, April 28, 2019.
• Editorial Comment: Have a Super Tuesday.
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