On this Election Day, Tuesday, November 4th, voters will go to the polls to complete the process of selecting our next president.

Over the past two weeks I have written a series of posts concerning the elements of personality that make a great president of the United States (and likely, a great leader more generally). These can be summarized, most briefly, in the form of a want ad, for a great president is surely something we want.

One might reflect on a future time when we, as an electorate, are sufficiently wise to prefer presidents who tell us the truth (as opposed to being machiavellian) and who, perhaps, are higher in achievement on our behalf than in power needs.  But here we are: this seems to be our present reality.