As anyone who’s ever had to serve on a board or committee knows, democracy means the idiots win – often. It means that, outmaneuvered and outvoted, you and your most cherished beliefs go down in bloody defeat. Which sucks, as the children say. Sometimes, real damage is done. It’s hard to believe people could be so stubborn, selfish, cruel, deluded or just plain stupid as to disagree with you. Simply put, the problem with democracy is other people. Here’s an example that I

As anyone looking past the beer and the box scores knows by now, there’s a refugee crisis unfolding in Europe. It’s big and getting bigger, creating its own political weather, and no one seems to have a clue as to where it’s heading. That it will affect us seems obvious – political climate change, like the other kind, doesn’t respect borders. So what do the experts think? Many things, many of them contradictory. The sharpest comment I’ve heard - if not particularly hel