Separating reality from alternative fact

THERE'S more than a little common ground between Ray Kroc, the entrepreneur who is (wrongly) believed to be the founder of fast-food behemoth McDonald's and the recently-installed Leader of the Free World, who is credited (by himself at least) as possibly the greatest businessman the world has ever seen.

The Founder puts a little distance between reality and the notion (or "alternative fact") that Kroc was the man who founded McDonald's. There's no doubt he was the mastermind behind the brand, turning it into on…