We Need to Shrink Big Pharma Until It’s Small Enough to Drown in a Bathtub

Now that George W. Bush is back in the news with his attacks on Trumpist insurrectionists, it might be worth reviving one of the great lines of his presidency. After the September 11 attack, when Bush decided to go after not just the terrorists who planned the hijackings, but all sorts of people around the world he didn’t like, he lumped them together as “evildoers.” That may not be the most eloquent phrase, but it works well as a description of the modern pharmaceutical industry.

Some may find this description...