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I wonder why Michael got a divorce a year later. Maybe he didn't read the letter?
I wonder why Michael got a divorce a year later. Maybe he didn't read the letter?
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Ronald Reagan was a wise man and great president.
I don't think political trolling is needed on HN. There are plenty of other places on the internet to make controversial personality politics statements.
As an armchair history buff, I love famous historical people who were also prolific letter-writers. It gives a great insight into the person, especially when the letter was between family members or close friends and never intended for public consumption. (Reagan was one of these people) As much as I like Letters of Note for the great letters, for me having a stream of letters makes the person much more three-dimensi…
One of the great things about writing a letter is that it takes enough time and energy that you invest a bit of thought before you send it. I worry about 21st century thinkers who will be judged not only by the things they chose to write well, but the one-offs they sent out in the heat of the moment over email.
Indeed we all have a common blithe ability to write a rotten sentence. But if you look at, say, jwz's broad swatches of data, or some other such figure, you can see that the bad emails are par for the course. I'd be worried if the figures of the 21st Century couldn't write an e-mail, at any position of the scale of troll to hero.
As an armchair history buff, I love famous historical people who were also prolific letter-writers. It gives a great insight into the person, especially when the letter was between family members or close friends and never intended for public consumption. (Reagan was one of these people) As much as I like Letters of Note for the great letters, for me having a stream of letters makes the person much more three-dimensi…
One of the great things about writing a letter is that it takes enough time and energy that you invest a bit of thought before you send it. I worry about 21st century thinkers who will be judged not only by the things they chose to write well, but the one-offs they sent out in the heat of the moment over email.
Indeed we all have a common blithe ability to write a rotten sentence. But if you look at, say, jwz's broad swatches of data, or some other such figure, you can see that the bad emails are par for the course. I'd be worried if the figures of the 21st Century couldn't write an e-mail, at any position of the scale of troll to hero.
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One of the great things about writing a letter is that it takes enough time and energy that you invest a bit of thought before you send it. I worry about 21st century thinkers who will be judged not only by the things they chose to write well, but the one-offs they sent out in the heat of the moment over email.
Come now.. research your own deep track of historical data, all you've ever posted on the Internet for 'eternity' for 'all to see', and you do indeed get a broader picture of the person behind the posts. Indeed we all have a common blithe ability to write a rotten sentence. But if you look at, say, jwz's broad swatches of data, or some other such figure, you can see that the bad emails are par for the course. I'd be…
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Great by whose measure? As far as I'm concerned he is an embarrassment (as a President). I do think these letters are of historical interest though, glad to see them available.
You cannot level such a stark criticism against a man who dared to be great - when you do so you embarrass only yourself. "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes…
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You cannot level such a stark criticism against a man who dared to be great - when you do so you embarrass only yourself. "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes…
This is exactly why this political stuff needs to stay off HN. By your apparent definition no one could level start criticism against Hitler (hopefully that kills the thread).
I would be more inclined to accept his message if it could not be boiled down to "If it is not working for you, you are not trying hard enough". Also, more marriages have probably failed due to the husband being a wimpy "I love you every day no matter what"-kind of guy than due to adultery. Adultery is the consequence of a failing marriage, not the cause. When you are the president with power over a nation it can cou…
You'd have to do that, eventually. The wife is just acting as the canary in the coal mine.