America has become a land of institutional cowards.  I don’t mean you, average joe, dragging your aching body out of bed in the morning, facing brutal traffic or dreadful weather, to get on with the job of keeping America running.  That takes guts.  I don’t mean you, our guardians against mayhem - military or first responders - defending the community.  You put your lives on the line every day.  I do mean the far too many leaders of our institutions and businesses who haven’t the courage to do what’s right.  Cowards, these privileged leaders are. Leading up to Christmas, corporate cowardice finally jumped the shark:  Microsoft posted an icon of Santa’s fur fringed crimson hat in their visual studio.  A single person complained - just one:  Santa means religion he whined.  Stop promoting Santa, stop promoting religion.  Obsequious Microsoft complied.  The icon vanished.  It didn’t...(Read Full Article)