Late Sunday night. I was online looking for vote results in Brazil.  I also learned that there was a real 6.3 - scale earthquake down in Argentina. In reality, the Brazil earthquake, the large victory by Jair Bolsonaro, got more attention.  His numbers were huge in a huge country:   55.54% of the popular vote! The response was predictable.  The left is calling him a right-winger, and some even fascist:  Far-right congressman Bolsonaro wins presidential election in Brazil! An hour ago, I shared that headline by phone with a friend in Sao Paulo.  He laughed and said something like, we're all fascists today!  And then he laughed some more. The Atlantic is asking:  Can Brazil’s Democracy Withstand Jair Bolsonaro? My reaction is simple.  What planet have the people at the Atlantic been living in?  Has anybody there walked in a Rio or Sao Paulo street?  Have any of...(Read Full Post)