Following its purchase as vehicle for the political influence of Jeff Bezos – the greatest disruptor of the economy since Henry Ford made the automobile our dominant mode of transport – the Washington Post adopted an unbearably pretentious slogan, "Democracy dies in darkness." The obvious corollary of this slogan is that democracy is under particular threat now, because you-know-who is in the White House. The problem with pretensions is that they tend to get exposed by reality.  Sooner or later, the speakers fail to live up to the behavior they commend for others.  And that is exactly what has happened to the WaPo.  Brent Scher of the Free Beacon managed to penetrate the darkness surrounding the secret meetings of wealthy progressive donors plotting their political takeover of the United States. Washington Post reporter Janell Ross gave a presentation at a secretive California gathering where Democratic...(Read Full Post)