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…
Tag: elitism
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…
Waiting For Pigs to Fly
Seventy five years ago, had any public employee made a public comment that the American people were stupid, that person would have been next seen leaving town with tin cans tied to his bumper or dressed in some sort of ensemble that…