DOGE, EPA, and Terminated Grants

Impunity Politics

            Pearl River      Trying to really track the work of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Governmental Efficiency or DOGE isn’t easy, partly, as has already been established by countless reports, because much of the work is simply a magical mystery tour through government agencies.  What the heck, we ought to give it go when we …

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Controlling for Opinions on the Facts

Politics

            New Orleans        Maybe this is out of my lane, but unfortunately reckless drivers keep pushing me onto the shoulder.  Houston, we have a problem, when subjective views bring us conclusions regardless of the facts and sometimes based on the same data and situations on the ground.  We may want to believe, but everything …

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America, the Pariah State

Politics

            Marble Falls        Too many well-meaning mothers have told their children, “Hey, go out and change the world!”  I think it’s fair to say that most of them meant “for the better.”  In the last couple of months under the Trump-Musk government, we’ve found out that in some families they needed to be much, …

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