Category: Politics

Politics is the influencing and exercising of power, especially in government policies.

Overall Principles, Politics, Thinking in Daily Life

Do you worry about unintended consequences of Trump’s single-thread solutions?

December 10, 2015

Trump has three main threads as I see it. He stresses different notes at different times, always emphasizing that his skill, rather that details, will overcome obstacles that questioners pose

October 31, 2015

Boxes of 2 ways to highlight the House composition by political party

A dedicated minority to control which bills the House can vote on

October 3, 2015

“Whenever I am overwhelmed, I look for another ball to throw in the air.”

March 25, 2015

The essence of the most intellectually difficult problems in laws and government is the resolving of conflicting rights. A simple example is the right to smoke cigarettes and the right to not inhale cigarette smoke.

The Disloyal Opposition

March 19, 2015

political calculation (i.e. good for their party over good for the nation) again drove their decision-making.

Class Warfare and Status Quo

September 27, 2013

This detail from an illustration in a 1911 Industrial Workers of the World publication depicts a class of workers struggling to hold up finely dressed elites while they drink and dine. Rhetoric about class warfare has waxed and waned in American politics, and is frequently employed by both sides in debates about tax law and other economic policies.

Both sides use the term “class warfare.” After that alarm is raised, neither side listens to the other’s argument.

Political Maneuvering

August 22, 2013

In a democracy, if you lose the vote, you should respect the result. A difference of opinion on this issue seems to be the crux of the US government’s paralysis. (more)

Boston Bombing and Texas Fertilizer Explosion Effects

April 28, 2013

Mushroom cloud above city from a distance

The Texas disaster was worse in than Boston horror, but not unique and beyond our control.

Gerrymandering Thwarts Majority Rule

March 18, 2013

The majority of PA votes were cast for Democratic candidates but gerrymandering lead to Republicans winning 13 seats with Democrats garnering but 5 seats!