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  • Jonah Goldberg: Trump has supplanted Nixon as the saddest figure in post-presidential politics

    12/29/2022 1:59:02 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 90 replies
    starherald ^ | 12/29/2022 | Jonah Goldberg
    “The tapes are the real man — mean, vindictive, panicky, striking first in anticipation of being struck, trying to lift his own friable self-esteem by shoving others down,” Gary Wills wrote of Richard Nixon in the 2017 preface to his book, “Nixon Agonistes.” Wills added, perhaps unfairly, that “Nixon’s real tragedy is that he never had the stature to be a tragic hero. He is the stuff of sad (almost heartbreaking) comedy.” The passage comes to mind as we close out Donald Trump’s annus horribilis, during which he supplanted Nixon as the saddest figure in post-presidential politics. The Jan. 6...
  • The happiest and saddest countries in the world

    12/20/2012 8:23:27 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 30 replies
    AP via Yahoo News ^ | 12/19/2012
    Gallup Inc. asked roughly 1,000 people in each of 148 countries the following questions: Did you feel well-respected yesterday? Were you treated with respect all day yesterday? Did you laugh or smile a lot yesterday? Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday? Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about enjoyment? Here are the 10 the countries where the highest percentage of people answered "yes" to all five questions, and the nine countries with the lowest percentages: HAPPIEST Panama, 85 percent Paraguay, 85 percent El Salvador, 84 percent Venezuela, 84 percent Trinidad...
  • NY's school dispirit (New York is home to 7 of the top 20 saddest colleges in America)

    08/03/2010 2:06:47 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 17 replies · 17+ views
    New York Post ^ | 08/03/2010 | Yoav Gonen
    They're singing the higher-ed blues. New York state is home to seven of the top 20 colleges nationwide where students report feeling the unhappiest, according to the latest edition of the Princeton Review's "Best Colleges" survey. Among the leaders of the mopey brigade was the US Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, Long Island, which ranked second nationally behind Tennessee's Fisk University. The New School's Eugene Lang College and New York University were ranked 12th and 16th, respectively, on the dour list. SUNY's Albany and Stony Brook campuses also made the list. Meanwhile, Brown University in Providence, RI, was found...