The expression or saying “Brain Trust” is something to ponder, especially today.
The brain trust saying came about in about 1932 by James M. Kieran, a reporter for The New York Times. During the election campaign Kieran unsuccessfully labeled a group of nonpolitical group of experts in economics and political science to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s as “Brain Trust.”
It wasn’t until Sept. 2, 1933: the first printed use was apparently in Newsweek. “The President’s Brain Trust, a little band of intellectuals, sat at the center of action as similar bands have done in revolutions of the past.”
My point as to why a group like “Brain Trusts” is a very wise thing to have and for us to ponder as to why we need groups of the smartest people in the world in everything going on in our world. In my opinion, any group giving advisement to the president or us the people and other should not be centered on self, party or other personal agendas. For example consider our newspapers and other news media’s “Brain Trust” advisors should report facts not how they wish it happened, in either cartoon or written expressions and it should be unbiased.
We should be able to “trust” news reporting to be fact — not a paper’s slanted opinions, unless the paper or media declares it as only their opinion.
James McKinstry
Newton