We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's always true any more. Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.
A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way.
One of the symptoms of a losing streak is a turnover of top executives. It's a revolving door.