From a reader:
On Seuss and appeasement: He may have some guts himself in the ’40s, but
read “The Butter Battle Book” from his twilight years where he presents the
struggle between American freedom and Communist tyranny as really no
different than what side of bread one chooses to butter.
On Trump and the Apprentice: The show never would have worked with a Bill
Gates or a Warren Buffet. We needed Donald Trump’s slo-mo strut set to the
bass riff from the O’Jays. That smug demeanor, that coon-skin cap trembling
in any breeze, that toughguy New Yawk accent heaping praise on himself every
episode. It all makes the show.
Best,
John