Cleared and smeared: Special counsel finds no crime by Biden but punishes him

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Cults of personality in governance are broadly incompatible with democracy. They usually erupt in dictatorships where the Great Leader’s face and sayings are splashed all over public places. Think Mao’s China, Stalin’s USSR, Hitler’s Germany, Kim’s North Korea. On a smaller scale and in a different context, we see how destructive such personality cults can be with the deaths around Jim Jones’ Jonestown, David Koresh’s Branch Davidians, and Charles Manson’s Family. READ: Republicans don't even try to hide it anymore This is what Donald Trump aspires to. Back in 2000, Louise and I visited Egypt. Our guide was a retired...