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The Business of War
The BrainTrust Virtues:
- Seek challenging truths
- Bring your A-game
- Celebrate diverse perspectives
- Persevere and Grow
—Careen, #23 of Gen 2 of Ciara’s Kids, Passages by Colin
Sheldon Collins sighed when his phone played Jimmy Buffett’s Fins. He’d been dreading this call. “Mr. President, how may I help you?”
The President answered with barely contained fury, “I need some voter behavior correction. Specifically, I need people to stop praising the blasted BrainTrust and understand that those people are destroying our country!”
Sheldon barely hesitated. “You’ve come to the right place. We’ll be happy to help you.”
The President sounded surprised. “You’re good with this? You always seemed a little too much, well—”
“Too much like the BrainTrust people to
