Trump's Magical Thinking

Ever hear of the concept, the power of positive thinking? That’s right, Norman Vincent Peale, who wrote a book on the subject. In 1932, Peale started his own church based on his program of positive thinking. He situated his church in an affluent neighborhood of New York City, selling an early form of the prosperity gospel that is so popular with televangelists today. Indeed, Peale would have been a televangelist of television had been a viable medium. He took to radio instead, spreading his gospel and selling books such as...