We are still living with the forty-third president’s legacy.
Government
Posted inGovernment, Health Care, Magazine, March/April/May 2015
Lost in Obamacare
Buried in Steven Brill’s convoluted tome are important truths about how to reform our health care delivery system.
Posted inGovernment, Magazine, March/April/May 2015, Politics
A Lobbyist Just for You
And two other solutions to counter corporate influence in Washington.
Posted inGovernment, Magazine, March/April/May 2015, Politics
A New Agenda for Political Reform
Instead of trying to weaken the pressure of corporate money in Washington, let’s try strengthening Congress’s capacity to resist it.
Posted inBooks, Government, January/February 2015, Magazine
Meat Puppets
How Washington bought into the anti-saturated-fat agenda.
Posted inGovernment, January/February 2015, Magazine
Is a Grand Strategy for America Even Possible?
Three of our finest flag officers attempt to offer unifying visions for the United States, but run aground on the same political polarization that flummoxes everything else.
Posted inBooks, Government, January/February 2015, Magazine
A Thief, a Dirty Politician, and a Suicide Bomber Walk Into a Bar …
Yes, terrorists conspire with criminal networks and corrupt officials. But that doesn’t mean cracking down on crime and corruption will stop terrorism.
Posted inBooks, Government, January/February 2015, Magazine
The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Government
While other conservatives say that the American state has become too powerful, Francis Fukuyama argues that it has grown too weak.
Posted inGovernment, January/February 2015, Magazine
Why a Second Progressive Era Is Emerging- and How Not to Blow It
America is in the midst of a crisis that needs no introduction. Ideological warfare and policy paralysis in Washington. Declining economic well-being among the mass of Americans combined with expanding wealth at the top and an economy too weak and rigged to change the dynamic. A profound need, and public hunger, for solutions from government […]
Posted inGovernment, January/February 2015, Magazine
Ten Secret Truths About Government Incompetence
What you can learn from the management mistakes of Obama and Bush.
