Nothing So Permanent As a Goverment Program The original Friedman quote said “temporary government program” but I think it works this way as well. And today’s...
Life Imitates Graduate School So for people who aren’t aware, I’m finishing up a PhD in Health Care Ethics. (It’s bioethics, but the...
Ah…Fascism Rears Its Ugly Head…Again The too cozy relationship between tech companies and the myriad law-enforcement arms of the US government is troubling. But...
Elections Have Consequences, But It’s the Other 1,460 Days That Matter Once again a presidential election looms. And indeed, the phrase “elections have consequences” is being bandied about as it always is...
A Debate @ThePlumLineGS Doesn’t Want To Have. A tweet that will get you blocked in under 30 seconds This is a debate you really don't want...
Caveat (Donor) Emptor CNN ran a story last night about scam PACs siphoning money off people. This isn’t exactly new with Politico...
What, Exactly, is so “Extreme” About Ted Cruz? That’s not a rhetorical question. Could someone please tell me? Cruz wasn’t my first choice, he wasn’t my second...
What A Novel Idea! Nebraska Abolishes Civil Forfeiture It is one of the most disgusting and egregious uses of government power: the stealing of a citizen’s property...
All Politics is Local: An Intelligence Agency, North St. Louis and Donald Trump I haven’t blogged much about this because it seemed uninteresting to the national events, but there’s a brouhaha over...
Drive-by Trump Roundup Frankly at this point there’s simply too much stuff to talk about in individual posts for an extended period...