Comparing presidential administrations by arrests and convictions: A warning for Trump appointees.

What is startling is the consistency. Over 50 years: Republicans, 55 convictions; Dems, 1. Note, too, that the Republican number was sharply reduced, by pardons (Ford, Bush I&II), clemency (Bush I), and overturned convictions (Reagan).

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