Trump has appointed only 29 of 660 positions, the slowest rate of any modern President. At this rate, he will not have filled those positions at the end of four years. He has retained more Obama appointees than he has named. So, there is hope.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich