Don Colacho’s Aphorisms

Aristocracies are proud, but insolence is a plutocratic phenomenon. The plutocrat believes that everything can be sold; the aristocrat knows...

Wealth is hopelessly demoralizing when no political function is attached to it. Even plutocracy is preferable to irresponsible riches. Esco...

The two terms of the democratic alternative today—oppressive bureaucracy or repugnant plutocracy—are canceling each other out. Combining in...