When This Blows Over

The natural job of a child is to test the parent. This
is how a child learns right from wrong. Good
parents teach appropriate boundaries, which in
turn results in honest, well-adjusted adults.
Parents who fail at this oftentimes create neurotic
grown-ups incapable of happiness. In this respect,
governments and children are similar.
Along with access to enrichment through favors
(pay-to-play), government officials are empowered with
the authority to control others. Therefore, whether it is
a dog catcher or the American President, with their
hands on the levers of power, temptation is limitless.
And so, like children, it is only natural for politicians
and bureaucrats to test the boundaries of right and
wrong. This is where the media is supposed to act as
the parent. When a political media does its job, when
journalists hold government ethically accountable, the
result is an honest, well-adjusted government.