Also, the author bio is a perfect encapsulation of the incestuous network of right-wing institutes, fellowships, and "think tanks" designed to prop up mediocre intellects so long as they lick the right boots.
Meanwhile, legitimate and talented journalists are being laid off by the score, because the same dudes funding this wingnut welfare complex have also steered our economy to a place where private equity chews up any entity working for the public good and spits out the bones
I know this is all obvious, and has been discussed far more effectively and coherently than my rage-posting here. But damn it, when you sit back and take it all in, it's maddening
By far the most pervasive and most influential driver of public policy in America is the deeply—religiously—held belief that
“You must NEVER get something you don’t deserve”
but applied only to things that might help you
