Purveyor of Iniquities

Several former reporters and editors remember a 1983 headline as emblematic: “Men, Women: We’re Still Different.”

If the Broadway hit “Rent” is commonly understood as a derivative of “La Bohème,” then this “La Bohème” may stand as a vulgarization of “Rent.”

It’s hard to talk about “rule of law” in a country where power changes hands in such a thoroughly arbitrary manner.