The Federalism Wars: The Covid-19 Battle America’s Constitution divides sovereignty between the Federal government and State governments. It creates a power-sharing system – a federation with both centralized and fractionalized powers. Like any joint undertaking, success requires a fine balance, a give-and-take. It isn’t quite “All...
The Hegemon’s Handbook China has a goal. It’s a pretty straightforward one. It wants to take over the world. Not quite like Dr. Evil …, but not so different either. It wants to be the one and only global hegemon, a position it held for most of the past...
The Autocrats’ Playbook You have to hand it to Hungary’s Viktor Orban. Although he didn’t write The Autocrats’ Playbook, he has most certainly – and successfully – followed it. Of course, you also have to hand it to Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi...
The Times They Are A’Changin’ Most of us have not lived through a “force majeure” event: a hot war … or a horrific natural disaster … or an epidemic … yet alone a pandemic. There have been at least three cataclysmic economic Crashes over the past...
The Convergence of Communism and Capitalism What happens when politicians embrace and blend the essence of both Communism and Capitalism? What strange potion do they brew? Remember the Red Menace, the Soviet Union and Red China? Remember the Commie, Pinko, Liberal Leftists of the ’60s...
Draining the Swamp “Draining the swamp” refers to the practice of draining swampland to reduce alligator and mosquito populations …, in short, to eradicate man-eaters and blood-suckers. But that’s not what “draining the swamp” refers to in 21st Century America. Today, “the swamp” refers to Washington,...
