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.
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
