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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog

Do You Think They’d Let Me Pet Their Unicorns If I Asked?

Many Trump supporters literally voted for a person who exists only in their head. I first realized that there was something strange going...

Going High When They Go Low Isn’t How You Win; You Gotta Fight to Win

There’s an interesting interview with cognitive linguist George Lakoff going around in which he discussed this problem. His thesis,...

Why Donald Trump Talks the Way He Does – and Why It Works

Back in college, I made some halfway decent money selling high end knives in people’s homes. One of the perks of the job was that the...