Provincial Pretenders
The only thing more American than living and working on a farm is pretending you do.
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When the New York Times columnist ran for governor in Oregon, he did so not as a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner but instead as a humble cider apple farmer. In 2020, he purchased 115 acres next to his 20-acre family farm for a cool $1 million in cash, then promptly set about suing the neighbors […]