Status Quo and Political Inertia
Status quo is the political inertia of social sciences. To change any situation, force must be applied.
Category: Government
The scope of organized authority ranges from family, through neighborhoods to municipalities, states, countries, and global governments.
Missing Side of Budget Debates
In making budgetary decisions, the change in net worth is at least as important as a yearly deficit.
Python Program, Displaying the Majority of Majority
I wasn't going to write the post without a suitable image. I decided to create it myself. A work in progress.
Constitutional Paradox
This dangerous inconsistency in the Constitution, allowing Presidents to overpower the judicial branch, needs to be amended by removing Presidential pardons.
Cultural Changes and Political Affiliation
Will we end up with two cultures inhabiting the same land? Will they alternate in power or will they cleave into separate fiefdoms?
Live by the Word
Trump's new explanation for an event that earlier earned a denial implies that truth is now hidden under words which overweight the fact with an interpretation.
Black-or-White Thinking, an Example
Don't ignore all threats because there is one threat you can't eliminate.
Russian Investigation Gag Order
A gag order doesn't ban discussion. It requires that it take place under oath. That statements will stand up under scrutiny.
Two Campaign and Four Process Changes
No matter how difficulties these proposals may be, they are certainly less than those the founding fathers faced when they wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.