The Pandemic and the Public Trust

The Pandemic and the Public Trust

by | Nov 27, 2020 | Health, Opinion, Politics

Editors Note: This article is a follow-up to Inconvenience or Devastation, which explores citizens’ motivations in complying with pandemic lockdowns. In the grand tradition of dividing people into two groups, today sort people based on their attitude toward...
The Power Makes The Bully

The Power Makes The Bully

by | Nov 11, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics

Most Americans agree that we are in a culture war, and most probably agree that temperature is rising. Many see a real possibility of a systemic disruption, despite it being the most enduring political arrangement in the world. With both sides of the political divide...
Weighing Policies

Weighing Policies

by | Oct 30, 2020 | Election, Opinion, Politics

“Mixed bag.” A phrase I’ve used more times than I can count in reference to the Trump administration’s policies and actions of these past four years. There are things to like, there are things to dislike, and there are things to hate, and...
Compromised Parties At War

Compromised Parties At War

by | Oct 28, 2020 | Politics

I recently wrote of how our major political parties have become compromised by their cynical transactions, and how that state of compromise means that they both occupy the same solution space on many major areas of public policy. This includes militarism: there is...