Rarely will people change their conduct just because they’re made aware that it’s inconsistent — even grossly inconsistent. I did have one memorable success. I got the Houston Chronicle to stop its attacks on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.Before Chavez was first elected president in 1998, Venezuela’s oil wealth enriched global oil companies and a minority of the population. Chavez changed all that. Big Oil was unhappy, and Houston is a hub of Big Oil. So [...]
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