Populist Indulgence Thwarts Serious Governing
There’s a price to be paid for lying to large swaths of people so as not to disrupt their feelings.
Dear Capitolisters,
There’s this throwaway line in the movie Spider-Man: Homecoming that has stuck with me for the last few years and seems quite relevant in our current (and depressing) political moment. In the scene, Spider-Man arrives at the Staten Island Ferry to bre…