The failure of the Republican-controlled House to pass Speaker Paul Ryan’s American Health Care Act last week was extraordinary in one way: In lobbying for the bill’s passage, and even going so far as threatening recalcitrant House members who announced… more »

Note: Been MIA most of this year due to a variety of issues and other commitments. This has been compounded because the current political situation is so fertile for comment that it is difficult to decide where to begin. So, I will try to post some… more »

Welcome to Hypothetical Graduate School and Political Science 202, the Study of Governance. The goal for this semester is to develop and support a thesis that postulates a functional system of governance. You are, in essence, to put yourself in the… more »