The Foreman Looked Away

Send us Fan Mail When the rules apply to some people but not others, trust begins to break. Today’s Opening Argument starts on a factory floor, where one worker watches a simple safety rule become optional for someone with the right connection. But the lesson is bigger than one workplace. A republic can survive hard rules. What it cannot survive is selective rules. When power starts handing out exceptions to the connected, ordinary Americans learn that justice has become negotiable. Pre...