The Risk Factor HuffPo Hillary Clinton’s choice of Tim Kaine as her running mate is being described as ``safe.’’ Safe is not exciting. But it offers a powerful contrast with Donald Trump.
Trump is high risk. ``A Trump presidency would be dangerous for the nation and the world,’’ the Washington Post declared in a scathing editorial. Risk is a longstanding issue in American politics. It explains one of its enduring features: the gender gap.
Women, on the average, are more risk-averse than men. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, fewer than 7 percent of prison inmates are women. Crime always entails risk, and women tend to be more cautious — and smarter — about risk-taking than men are.
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
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