Cooper observed, “The demagogue always puts the people before the constitution and the laws, in face of the obvious truth that the people have placed the constitution and the laws before themselves.” And while, so far, Trump has only said he’d “strongly consider” closing certain mosques and briefly flirted with the idea of instituting a registry for Muslims, even entertaining these proposals undermines our shared civic values.
- Donald Trump wasn’t a textbook demagogue. Until now, by Michael Signer, WashingtonPost.com, December 2, 2015.
3. In the Alentejo region of central Portugal stands a town that looks as if it has been created just to surround a central market square where all roads lead.
True, there’s an imposing castle and palace high on the hill, but pride of place in Estremoz is where it belongs — at the weekly Saturday markets.
How different from markets anywhere, we wonder. What’s so special about Estremoz?
Hard to define, really. There’s the usual display of genuine farm produce (no wholesale trucks here) offered by genuine gnarly farmers and their robust wives and wild-eyed kids. It’s berry season and the place is a riot of strawberry and raspberry reds, blackberries, blueberries and goodness knows what other kinds.
One standout is a pale gooseberry lookalike that you pluck singly from its little leafy bed. One thing they have in common: they’re all sweet and delicious.
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