I have to tell a true story to establish my simpatico with the self-made man who doesn’t quite fit in with the local establishment. When newly married, in law school, a man moved into my wife’s home town, known by most…
Category: Elitism and Class
Will Establishment Elitism Win Again in 2016?
This is one of my favorite “Famous Common People I Have Known” stories (available at Amazon) about a man who personified the turned-up-nose imagry we are seeing once again in this new election cycle. It never seems to change, and until…
The Most Important Truth About Donald Trump
…is that almost everything said about Donald Trump is actually about something else. Several weeks ago I began what turned out to be a series on Donald Trump, when I suggested that Ted Cruz should let Donald Trump go first, if for no other…


