The State of Our Union
Tonight, for the third time in his presidency, Barack Obama will visit the combined houses of Congress to offer his assessment of the State of the Union. It will be colorful, flashy, optimistic, and...
View ArticlePreservation of Power and the Art of Political Manipulation
In an ideal world, here’s how a representative democracy like ours should work: men and women who wish to be leaders would put their names forward, or be nominated by others, and they’d tell us as...
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