John Kennedy won the first televised presidential debate among those watching it, while Richard Nixon won among those listening on the radio.

Senseless violence is, almost by definition, hard to understand. Not that I can understand terrorists who kill from hate, but at least we can identify a reason - a terrifying one, to be sure, grounded in a violent belief system - for what they do. Two gangs go to war. Extremists kill in the name of belief.

In most presidential elections, the taller candidate wins.

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