The Boston Globe’s oversimplified analysis of candidate speech
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The Boston Globe’s oversimplified analysis of candidate speech

In a front-page article, the Boston Globe sneers at Donald Trump for speaking at a fourth-grade level. They imply that simplicity is equivalent to stupidity. In fact, a bias toward complexity — the same bias inherent in this article — is what has given us a world pervaded by bullshit. The Globe ran the candidates’ speeches…