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In recent weeks it has been unavoidable to draw numerous parallels between the present abuses of power in local school politics and the outrageous behavior by our nation’s executive branch.

Please consider the following roster of eleven examples of such abuse:

1. Withholding of critical documents.

2. Insufficient checks on executive black-and-white thinking by insiders.

3. Claims of intellectual superiority and competence. The tyranny of the enduring public relations myth by claiming to be the “smartest person in the room.”

4. Elimination of true talent and competence in favor of empi...