In ”How Democracies Die” a couple of political science professors outline the process that has repeatedly been followed as democratic government give way to autocracies, in the 1930s in Europe and in the postwar era in Peru, Venezuela, Chile and … Continue reading
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As a country, we are freaked out about Islamic terrorists killing us in our beds or our fellow citizens in San Bernardino or Ft. Hood. It’s an ugly sign of the times, but hardly an existential threat any more than … Continue reading
That was the advice of Deep Throat to Woodward and Bernstein if they hoped to unravel Watergate. It is still the key to understanding most corporate and political bad behavior. Why is BP, a scant 5 years after befouling the … Continue reading