The Likability Project: Why Do We Love Grumpy Old White Men?

Do we really need a “senior statesman”?

Joanne Bamberger

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Image via DonkeyHotey/Flickr/Creative Commons License

After the Democratic skrimishes between Hillary Clinton supporters and Bernie Sanders acolytes in the 2016 primaries, I promised myself I would not engage with any Bernie Bros or Sisters for the 2020 campaign. It was all too ugly and unnecessary four years ago, and there’s just no need to relive

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Joanne Bamberger

Author, opinion journalist, attorney, photographer. Entreprenurial Journalism Fellow, Newmark J School/CUNY