A headline in the Washington Post (or WoPo as it is dubbed nowadays) on Monday raised a quizzical eyebrow over at Mother Jones, a progressive US magazine. The WoPo ran with a headline referring to US President Donald Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner: "Trump taps Kushner to lead a SWAT team to fix government with business ideas." Clara Jeffery, MoJo’s editor, wondered on Twitter whether a special weapons and tactics (Swat) team was to be unleashed on the government to persuade it to adopt more corporate principles, or whether the term was instead "the beloved business-school idea SWOT" (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats)? It makes sense that Kushner, a property billionaire and now special adviser to the president, would be more inclined to view the world of knotty bureaucracy through the lens of his business and law degree. But the story clearly states: "Viewed internally as a SWAT team of strategic consultants, the office will be staffed by former business executive...
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