“TRICKLE-DOWN SLEAZE” by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2012 (Apr. 27, 2012) — Sir James Porter’s Observations on the religion, law, government, and manners of the Turks, published in 1768, tells us, “The Turks have a homely proverb… they say ‘the fish stinks first at the head,’ meaning that, if the servant is disorderly, it is because the […]