Public trust and leaders who deserve it
The best generals rely on their platoon leaders and junior officers to succeed. The same goes for resistance to a deadly pathogen. Leadership – and followership – must develop locally from the bottom up.
Tag Archives: David Brooks
An even dozen to follow November 8, 2016
Hillary Clinton should never, ever have tied her political career to President Obama’s, essentially saying she would give the nation Obama’s third term. Al Gore made a mistake when he did not ask President Clinton to campaign for him. Hillary Clinton made the opposite error.
The governing cancer of our time
I will observe that Brooks has no idea why the outsiders he disrespects have become so alienated and indignant. They are angry because the insiders, so-called competent leaders that Brooks praises, have become self-absorbed, incompetent, and corrupt. Moreover, they have clothed themselves with privilege for so long, they do not perceive how hateful they have become.
The Jeffersonian 