In the wake of the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the selection of the next Supreme Court justice has enormous implications. Thi...

In the current campaign for the presidency, we hear quite often that the choice before us is between capitalism and socialism. Or worse, ...

A couple of weeks ago in this space I talked about the roots of polarization lying in the economy. It is almost as though we have two eco...

The U.S. has long been divided along ideological lines. Republicans and conservatives are to be found disproportionately in what are refe...

Republicans again appear to be haggling over minor stuff these days with the potential to incur huge political costs. First, there were t...

With coronavirus cases around the country rising and some states slowing the pace of reopening their economies, there are those calling f...

Over the years, the economy has evolved from the small pre-industrial craft economy, where business enterprises were truly small and the ...

The country is beginning to reopen and the cold reality is that the economy will not be what it was before, nor should it be. Perhaps COV...

Over the last few decades we have seen a tendency in many cases not to enforce anti-trust laws, which were designed to break up monopolie...

As the country begins a process of reopening, and increasingly more people, especially those deemed non-essential workers, are protesting...

Inequality and rising income has long been an issue in any number of political campaigns. The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic...

With the advent of public administration during the early part of the Twentieth Century came what is regarded as the administrative state...

Any law passed by Congress, even with the noblest intentions is fraught with politics. Every member of Congress attempts to fold his or h...

As of this writing Congress cannot agree on a stimulus package to mitigate the economic harm caused by COVID-19. And yet, the economic de...

Necessity as the mother of invention has long been a driving force for progress. In our political system, the main driver of change has b...

As Bernie Sanders appears to be heading towards front-runner status, any number of people are expressing their shock and dismay over elec...

As the battle for the Democratic party nomination for President intensifies, much attention is paid to public opinion polls. In fact, it ...

The policy of the day appears to be Medicare for All, which is really nothing different than a single-payer system. We need a single-paye...

We hear a lot on the campaign trail these days about programs and new investment. We also hear lip service to the meaning of democracy. T...

Those pushing for Trump’s impeachment argue that it is essential to preserve the integrity of American democracy. By placing his own inte...