A friend my age says, “I am having an increasingly difficult time understanding society.” I cynically suggested to him we no longer have a society, but various age, race, gender, socio-economic, political, cyber or media tribes to which we adhere … Continue reading
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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
In the 18th Century the British Isles were in the process of becoming the greatest power since the fall of Rome, and the image of that earlier empire was always on the minds of its subjects. Educated men learned Latin … Continue reading