Kachelman: The Iron Law of Oligarchy
The Bosses of the Senate, Lithograph, J. Ottmann Lith, Co.
Guest post by John L. Kachelman, Jr.
The Shakespearean idiom “there is method in madness” refers to the fact that there is a rational purpose in one’s action, even though it may appear crazy to another person. The chaos and apparent insanity of the action masks a reasoned course of action.
I am not a lone voice bemoaning the “crazy” state of our society—civility has been erased; political governing has been replaced by selfish profiteering; judicial restrictions have been compromised and restraint has devolved into vigilantism; legislation has become hobbled by bitter bias. Many identify with the ancient who declared, “I cry out Violence! Strife exists; contention arises;
