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Editorial image for “leadership?”: A sharp visual parallel: ancient Rome burning while Nero plays music, dissolving into a modern presidential golf course under smoke and emergency-red skies; concise, satirical and unmistakably symbolic.
Editorial image for “leadership?”: A sharp visual parallel: ancient Rome burning while Nero plays music, dissolving into a modern presidential golf course under smoke and emergency-red skies; concise, satirical and unmistakably symbolic. — Aaron Stipkovich
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leadership?

By Miles Copeland•

Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump plays golf.

Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump plays golf.

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Miles Copeland

Miles Copeland is a music and entertainment executive, manager, label founder, producer, promoter, publisher, and lifelong dealmaker. He managed The Police and Sting, founded I.R.S. Records, and helped build audiences for artists including R.E.M., the Go-Go’s, the Bangles, the Cramps, and many others.

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