Are thinly veiled political posts a regular feature of this forum? I'm new to it, and I became involved in the hopes of getting leads to new perspectives on the writings of Mark Twain. I could probably come up with some passing reference to Mark Twain germane to both sides of say the vaccine controversy (not revealing which side I am on, or why, though I suppose saying there is a controversy implies a stance of sorts) but I'm uncertain what contribution it would make to Mark Twain scholarship. Martha Sherwood On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 6:52 AM miki pfeffer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Now that's a comparison we can appreciate! > Miki Pfeffer > > On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 2:49 PM Jim Leonard <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Matt--Good work putting that into a perspective that Twain himself would > > (ruefully) appreciate. --Jim L. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Matthew > > Seybold > > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2019 3:18 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: The Art of The Deal > > > > I feel compelled to convert yesterday’s NYT expose about the President’s > > tax returns into terms which Twain scholars will comprehend: Over the > > course of a single decade Donald Trump lost, after adjusting for > inflation, > > 269 Paige Typesetters. > > > > *************** > > Matt Seybold > > Assistant Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies Elmira > > College Editor, MarkTwainStudies.org MattSeybold.com > > > > > -- > Miki Pfeffer, Ph D > *A New Orleans Author in Mark Twain's Court: Letters from Grace King's New > England Sojourns *(fall 2019) > *Southern Ladies and Suffragists: Julia Ward Howe and Women's Rights at the > 1884 New Orleans World's Fair* >