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A drug dealer, brilliant in her business acumen, who could party all night and still seem sober, who remained tough and clear-headed well into the next afternoon on no sleep.

One can almost imagine a more clear-headed and ruthless version of Trump who sticks to that kind of hardcore realpolitik and gets away with it.

As he dug into the box, the two-time All-Star and nine-year veteran had a clear-headed game plan.

We live in a post-digital universe where intuition clashes with analysis, where gut instincts collide with personal narratives, where conspiracy theories dance with critical theory, where corporations, lobbyists and networks of billionaires commandeer nearly all dimensions of institutional life, that sacred ground demanding not just clear-headed thinking, but the exquisite finesse of nuanced information processing.

He seems fairly clear-headed about his tenuous grasp on life, but Numa nonetheless encourages him to keep the faith.