Design without a Designer
Our very, complex economic system has a design without a designer.
Category: Government
The scope of organized authority ranges from family, through neighborhoods to municipalities, states, countries, and global governments.
Gerrymandering Thwarts Majority Rule
The majority of PA votes were cast for Democratic candidates but gerrymandering lead to Republicans winning 13 seats with Democrats garnering but 5 seats!
Arab Governments and Terrorists
This makes the terrorists a useful ally in sitting Arab governments. These governments fear that the economic frustration will be properly focused against them.
This Pen for Hire
It's a good living, even during this Great Recession. It will remain so as long as politicians want to appear as benefactors when they're actually…
War Powers Act
A law that is ignored by presidents, unenforced by Congress, and left fallow by the Supreme Court.
Meaning, Political Decision
What does it mean when someone claims that it was a political decision? That the power of one group is used to convince another group…
Zippy Slogans and Ponderous Details
It is as non-productive to attack surface arguments from a deep perspective as it is to defend deep positions against bumper slogans which don't acknowledge…
Political Mandate
The Republicans used their mandate as a trump card. The Democrats threw theirs into the discard pile.
Deficits and Balanced Budgets
No business budgets its year without considering the effect on its net worth.