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Talking Ugly: 5 Negative Lessons in Communication From the Election Front

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Talking Ugly: 5 Negative Lessons in Communication From the Election Front
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Jeff Minick
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Once Election Day has come and gone, about half of American voters will pop open the champagne, raise a glass or two, and toast the salvation of the Republic. The other half will throw on metaphorical sackcloth and ashes, beat their chests, and declare doomsday for America.

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.