As I wrote in an earlier blog, petty tyrants exist everywhere, even at the salad bar. (Blog 5/18/17.)  Young, old, dark, fair, tall or short, they hold certain traits in common, according to writer Joshua Kurlantzic.  (“Return of the Strongman,” by Joshua Kurlantzic, Bloomberg B

A number of people on my Facebook page continue to express their distrust of government and their despair over the pervasive violence on the planet. Sometimes it appears that the number of countries at peace can be counted on one hand. The truth is quite different, however. A 2005 stu