The more we get to know Michael Bloomberg, the more fascinating he becomes. We have now learned that he is utterly incapable of debate, and apparently contemptuous of anyone who would waste time wrestling with ideas and concepts. What good are they to shareholder value? But, newest in the revelations about him is that in…

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A long, long time ago, I had the painful experience of being taken apart (verbally) by a self-important young professor who heard me use the term “elite,” as in “power elite.” She haughtily explained there was no such thing. There might be elites, in the sense of people who might influence the culture in various…

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