The Autocrats’ Playbook You have to hand it to Hungary’s Viktor Orban. Although he didn’t write The Autocrats’ Playbook, he has most certainly – and successfully – followed it. Of course, you also have to hand it to Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi...

Draining the Swamp “Draining the swamp” refers to the practice of draining swampland to reduce alligator and mosquito populations …, in short, to eradicate man-eaters and blood-suckers. But that’s not what “draining the swamp” refers to in 21st Century America. Today, “the swamp” refers to Washington,...

Seize the Moment! The 2020 Presidential race pits profligate big-spending Democrats against the profligate big-spending Trump Administration. The one thing both political parties agree on is deficits – they both want more, not less. For a different set of reasons, each favors huge increases...