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Governing Rhetoric

Trump’s bombastic rhetoric may have won the election against incredible odds, and this sort of energy may be needed to claw back the administrative state in a meaningful way, but governing requires a shift in style if not substance. His

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Facing Mistakes

One of the most stifling attributes of political life is the inability or the unwillingness for anyone to admit a mistake. There is so much uncertainty about actions that often require significant action that mistakes are bound to happen- serious

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Political “Solutions”

More generally, what is called a  “solution” in politics is often simply a patch put over problems caused by previous “solutions,” which in turn were patches put over other political “solutions” before that. What never seems to get through to

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