Day 1,892: adversity, sparing, overriding, guile, cunning, wedge, wonkery, reams
If Ms Harris struggles to knit together her biography, her principles and her policies, she will also struggle in a president’s crucial role: explaining to the nation how it should meet adversity.
It may seem unfair to criticise Ms Harris for being sparing about her policies. Her overriding task is to defeat Mr Trump, and it is a vital one in which guile and cunning are permitted. For good or ill, political campaigning is often about finding wedge issues to stir up your base. If wonkery and reams of policy papers were the secret to electoral success, Hillary Clinton would not have lost in
Artwork of the day
Under the Burden of Adversity
Teodor_AxentowiczDate:1938Style:Art Nouveau (Modern)Genre:symbolic painting
Word of the day
adversity: a difficult or unlucky situation or event:
sparing: using very little of something:
overriding: more important than anything else:
guile: clever but sometimes dishonest behaviour that you use to deceive someone:
cunning: the quality or skill of being clever at planning something so you get what you want, especially by tricking other people:
wedge: to make something stay in a particular positionby using a wedge: a piece of metal, wood, rubber, etc. with a pointed edge at one end and a wide edge at the other, either pushed between two objects to keep them still or forced into something to break pieces off it:
wonkery: a person preoccupied with arcane details or procedures in a specialized field
reams: a very large amount of something:
Quote of the day
“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.”
― Walt Disney Company, Mulan