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The Culpability Trap

We are all familiar with the cliche that nobody ever corrects a problem until it is too late. King Lear didn’t recognize the virtue of his only loving daughter, Cordelia, until after his false daughters, Goneril and Regan, tricked him into giving them his kingdom. Our allies in Europe didn’t recognize the threat posed by […]