The perfect solution to a bad first three months for the Trump Administration- military action. A week after seeming to assure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that the US did not intend to pursue regime change in the civil war-ravaged nation, the… more »

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 »

The prevailing theme of our politics has been reduced to visceral manifestations of anger. Angry working-class whites formed the core that carried Donald Trump to victory; angry at that victory, shocked progressives have taken to the streets in protest.… more »

Prepare to hear a lot more about taxation and government spending as the Trump Administration settles in and the Republicans assume control of the Federal Government. Talking points about the perils of government borrowing to fund annual budget deficits… more »