New Orleans A United States Attorney General appoints special counsels to investigate situations where independence is required and expected, so that the results can be presented to the public within a nonpartisan framework. Sometimes the results end up in a court proceeding. Sometimes they find no harm, no foul. In all instances, there’s …
Category: Corruption
Dharavi, Adani, and the Limits of Crony Capitalism
New Orleans Gautam Adani is one of the richest men in the world. He’s not Elon Musk, but he’s in the neighborhood with a net worth of about $85 billion. His companies in India are octopus-like with tentacles in many critical areas. Coal is still a huge energy source in India, and his operations …
The Anti-Government, Government
Heerlen This is going to be interesting. From the looks of the early pronouncements from the new imperial government about potential appointments, it appears there are actually two criteria for President-elect Trump’s choices. The first is absolute fealty. The second is a commitment to work to undermine the department of the government that they will …


