character
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Good and Playing a Losing Hand against a Cheater
This writer learned early in his career if you don’t have the votes you don’t have the power no matter what kind of rhetoric you can marshal. In the games of cards one can almost feel a losing hand as… Continue reading
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Good, Governing, Story, and the Insidious Anecdote
Mistaking an anecdote for a larger trend has been, is and will continue to be a fatal error in building public policy. When intentionally transforming a few anecdotes or stories, true or not, into a trend you have an evil strategy.… Continue reading
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Good, Character, Class, and Picking Friends and Allies
The one downside of having reached the top is there is nowhere to run from your mistakes. A wealthy businessman who makes mistakes near the top can always resign and pull out the old trope of needing to spend time… Continue reading