Day 1,987: horse-trading, banality
He has set the direction for Argentina, but delegates legislative horse-trading to his staff and asks skilled ministers to oversee the economy—most notably Federico Sturzenegger, his deregulation tsar.
By winning the argument for tough but vital reform, he has shown that voters used to sugar-coated banalities can in fact be trusted with hard truths.
Artwork of the day
Ushering in Banality
Jeff_KoonsDate:1988; United StatesStyle:Neo-Pop ArtGenre:sculptureMedia:wood
Word of the day
horse-trading: unofficial discussion in which people make agreements that provide both sides with advantages:
banality: the quality of being boring, ordinary, and not original, or something that is like this:
Quote of the day
“You sell off the kingdom piece by piece and trade it for a horse that will take you anywhere.”
― Colin Wright, My Exile Lifestyle