Yeah, Iowa screwed up. You can check out Iowa: Not What You May Be Expecting for more on that. But don’t learn the wrong lesson from it. A lot of political media folks seem to have decided that what they…
Iowa: Not What You May Be Expecting
You’re gonna be hearing a lot about the Iowa caucuses today. And not for why we all expected to anyway. You’re probably already aware that last night the Iowa Democratic Party failed rather dramatically in the one job they had…
Impeachment: IOIYAR Triumphant?
‘IOIYAR: acronym for “It’s Okay If You’re A Republican,” shorthand for discussing hypocrisy.’ Inconceivable! Well, not really; I just wanted to use that header. It’s actually been quite conceivable for a while, as I discussed the other day in Impeachment:…
Impeachment: A Stupid Thing Happened On The Way To The Senate
Well, lots of really stupid things. And even more stupid things have happened after it got there. There is one stupid thing that matters more than all the rest. Trump seems to genuinely think that he’s a king. To be…
Impeachment: How’s That Goin’ For Ya?
Since we’re getting a live test of how well the Constitution’s oversight of the Executive branch works at the moment, let’s evaluate how it’s doing vs. my suggestion from Failed Constitution Check: Executive Oversight that the Executive branch needs to…
Constituent Service: Making Politicians Face The Music
Politicians really are a class all their own. That’s not a good thing. Even politicians who famously start their careers straight out of a blue-collar life find themselves dragged into the bubble of political culture: seeing mainly other politicians, speaking…
National Territories: Taxation Without Representation
Territories, federal districts, protectorates; whatever you call them, their very existence violates one of the foundational principles of this country. No taxation without representation. In the United States, this is repeated at us endlessly, from elementary level history to Schoolhouse…
No Spoilers: Ranked Choice Voting
This is related to Bloc Party: Real Representation In Government. That one is concerned with elections where multiple candidates will win, this one is concerned with single candidate elections. Framed. When the United States’ Constitution was written, the discipline now…
Bloc Party: Real Representation In Government
The legislatures of this country frankly suck, and this is no secret. For example, polls regularly find more than 75% of their respondents think Congress is not responsive to their voters in any meaningful way. This is kinda by design.…
Setec Astronomy: Government By The [Redacted]
Can we (should we) trust anyone in the government with the ability to keep secrets from the citizens? No. Just, no. Restricting ourselves just to the current administration, for a moment, we know that they have classified records of embarassing…