How does a leader decide what to do? The most logical response is: “Cui bono?” — “Who benefits?” — from the decision. If some policy benefits your country most, you should, within moral bounds, pursue it. If your enemies benefit most, you should avoid it. I’d be curious to learn […]
Daily Archives: August 31, 2021
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President Joe Biden describes his $3.5 trillion spending scheme as a way to improve the economy and “build back better.” The intention is a good one, but at its core, this plan isn’t so much about growing people’s wealth as it is redistributing it. The goal is to make the […]
“April is the cruelest month,” wrote T. S. Eliot in the opening line of what is regarded as his greatest poem, “The Waste Land.” For President Joe Biden, the cruelest month is surely August of 2021, which is now mercifully ending. When has a president had a worse month? On […]