Almost all the commonsense adages about politics are pragmatic. Like, “Politics is about addition, not subtraction,” or “All politics is local,” “or “If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.” In other words, it’s … Continue reading
Hayden Keith Monroe
How do you tell if someone’s a white collar criminal? He’s not in jail. We’re talking about securities fraud (including insider trading), bribery, money laundering, various ponzi schemes and scams, tax evasion, cybercrime, counterfeiting, influence peddling, and these days election … Continue reading
You may have noticed President Trump likes to call people names. It is clearly a way to assert power, one of the instruments in the bully’s tool kit. But the habit also suggests that Trump sees people as inkblots. When … Continue reading