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Trumpian typos abound – and frighten me to death

By Matthew Dicks | February 13, 2017 |

ALL OF THIS JUST ON SUNDAY: The US Department of Education published a tweet that spelled W.E.B. Du Bois’s name incorrectly. That error stood for four hours before it was finally corrected. The Department of Education then apologized, with another typo: “Our deepest apologizes for the earlier typo…” Great start for Betsy DeVos. Or DuVos.…

How the Republican Party went from Lincoln to Trump

By Matthew Dicks | August 5, 2016 |

I knew some of this history but not all of it. Very relevant and fascinating, particularly if you’re someone like me who’s been wondering if he’s been dropped into some alternate universe or possibly living within a Simpsons cartoon.