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I WITNESS: Erasing democracy is easier than you think

Donald Trump is a zero-sum kind of a guy. He only feels that he has won if everyone else loses, and in order for everyone to lose, they have to be destroyed.

CONNECTIONS: Unpopular presidents

All five received mixed reviews, but possibly all presidents do. What they accomplished and how their terms were characterized varied.

CONNECTIONS: The rise and fall of Shadow Brook

There are many stories, true or apocryphal, about the size of the house. Suffice it to say, it was the largest private house in America on the day it was completed.

CONNECTIONS: Women in the news

Nonetheless, they did it; they nominated a woman, the first one ever. It was, after all, Stockbridge.

CONNECTIONS: Berkshire pomp and ceremony

The New York Times described Lenox as “all gaiety, life and fashion.”

CONNECTIONS: The Red Lion Inn guestbook summons history

So a Revolutionary War hero and every American president between from 1885 and 1945 (except No. 4) visited the inn, and even that is not the Red Lion’s only claim to fame.

CONNECTIONS: Making America great again — in 1896

Today, those who are content and those who are discontent with current economic conditions do not divide geographically. The discontent is nation-wide.
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