Influencing Public Opinion by Ari Bussel I am reminded of many elections ago in the city where I grew up. It is a small, yet most powerful city, and the then-mayor was running for re-election to the City Council (mayorship is done by rotation between the five councilmembers). I was on the Mayor’s Steering Committee, thus very close to the events. The person who headed the committee is a person of the highest level of integrity. It was thus known that any action approved by her would withstand the strictest scrutiny and adhere to the most honorable practices. There were...