New Orleans It’s not hard to follow the tactics of Elon Musk and his gang at the make-believe, unauthorized, so-called Department of Governmental Efficiency or DOGE, where he is without doubt the top dog. We’ve seen it all before. If you’ve watched any crime procedural on Netflix, Prime, or HBO, you’ve seen one …
Category: United States
Oligarchy for Dummies
Pearl River How times change. President Eisenhower in his farewell famously warned us of the insidious power of the “military-industrial complex.” President Biden in his swan song warned us about the emergence of oligarchy. Given the dearth of civic education these days, the Washington Post even thought it necessary to run a short course …
Getting Nonvoters to Vote
New Orleans Now that the candidates for the US presidential election are no longer presumed, but set firmly in concrete, the fight will be ratcheting up to win voter support. Interestingly, in such a divided country with such well-known and established candidates, the undecided voters are likely few, making the nonvoters critical to the …