March 4, 2025
Why does nobody want to talk about the most tragic breakdown of leadership and ethics in our lifetimes?
Why, at this moment in history, are we asking how institutions should be reformed, or if they even can be? For decades we have been aware that institutions were failing—incompetent, wasteful and corrupt governments; biased and dishonest journalism; agenda-driven schools and universities.
My answer is Covid. [ED: My emphasis] The mismanagement of the pandemic hit us personally and exposed a massive, across-the-board institutional failure. It was the most tragic breakdown of leadership and ethics that free societies have seen in our lifetimes.
[ED: Article is currently behind a paywall, but the questions alone provoke deep thought on this issue. Thus, have I posted it here.]