government – Think 31

Why Our Government is Adversarial in Nature

Recently, Vice-President Kamala Harris said that she was “open to abolishing the Electoral College” and “can’t wait to cast

15 Sep

It’s an all too familiar trope: Politicians lining their own pockets at the expense of the people they’re supposed to serve.

11 Aug

Historian Dr. Hannah Barker calls it “generational chauvinism”. Essentially, it is the notion that what we see as a moral

30 Jul

3000-4000 regulations passed per year. 300,000 laws on the federal books with some additional

09 Jul

As my readers know, I was a teacher for 35 years. During that time, there were only five years in which I was not a union

01 Jul

I get a daily notification or summary from the NY Times wherein they send me a featured article of the day. This day, a

30 Jun

Historians like to point to the 20th century as the age of authoritarianism, characterized by the rise of Fascism as well as

22 Jun

I’ve said for years, and taught in my classroom, that history echoes itself often; the problem is the generation of a

17 Jun

There is a specific problem with our Republic (for the umpteenth time – we are NOT a democracy), and that is

07 Jun

At the current, congressional approval hovers somewhere between 20-24% based on the week or month. Presidential approval is

18 May