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November 24, 2025

America is still a government of the naïve, by the naïve, and for the naïve. He who does not know this, nor relish it, has no inkling of the nature of this country.

Christopher Morley (1890–1957), American journalist, novelist, poet and essayist, The Portable Curmudgeon, Jon Winokur, ed. (New York: 1987), p.16

Considering your life to date, what is the most memorable example of your own naïveté? About what are Americans naïve? Or Canadians? Or Brits?

What’s there to relish!


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