Author: danps

Primaries were held in my state this week.  Executive power wan’t part of the discussion, and neither was anything else of substance. For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning Shears.The primaries came...

The President has made politicization of previously well-regarded institutions a high priority.  While it serves his purposes nicely it isn’t such a good deal for the rest of us. For more on pruning back executive...

Our highest court showed once again this week that despite its protestations to the contrary it is very much a politicized body For more on pruning back executive power see The Pruning Shears.The Supreme Court is a political...

The worst of the President’s executive power grabs have obscured some smaller problems we’ll have to deal with as well For more on pruning back executive power see The Pruning Shears.The administration’s...

There has been a radical turn towards antidemocratic attitudes by some and we need to start calling it by its true name. For more on pruning back executive power see The Pruning Shears.We need a change in nomenclature....