Author: danps

The benign-sounding National Applications Office is another example of an objectionable expansion of executive power, and once again it comes in the guise of protecting us from terrorism. For more on pruning back executive power...

We rushed to pass a bad law in the wake of 9/11.  The unsurprising consequences are bad enough, but if we can’t learn from them it will be even worse. For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning Shears.Every...

Political discouse seems to have degraded recently and the real culprit may have nothing to so with current events. For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning Shears.There’s been a question rattling around my...

The President’s political career will soon, and he is eager to determine what people will remember about him and what they won’t. For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning Shears.The President has one...

The President continues to act as though Congress has no role in foreign policy.  It does, and it could easily assert it in a couple of recent developments. For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning Shears.One of...