Baksheesh

Baksheeh is a Persian word widely used throughout the Arabic world as well as in south east Asia and India to describe tipping, charitable giving and certain forms of political corruption and bribery. Think of it. With the same word, one can be said to be inducing someone to conduct illicit behavior or giving them alms.  Isn’t language wonderful. I come to this subject because of the landswell of press reports about that poor, struggling retailer, Walmart. You know them, they are the ones who have killed small town America by offering low, low prices on poor quality goods they acquire anywhere but America made by anyone but Americans and sold to those...