the weaker party

Tuesday marked the 20th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down this Wall" speech in Berlin. The speech has been argued to h...

In response to concerns about concentrated executive powers, a group of prominent conservatives has created the American Freedom Agenda to...

This comment by Tom Tancredo at last night's Republican debate could prove problematic for President Bush's ability to sustain even...

Democracies want it all. They want accountability and effective government. But accountability requires transparency, which means that we n...

Apparently it's whatever the president says it is .

I posted below about recent president's appointments of "czars" to help streamline policy implementation in some area of need....

Postal rates will be going up soon, not just for first class postage, but for periodicals as well. But while the rates for large circulation...

Slate magazine has a habit of turning conventional wisdom on its head by presenting intriguing arguments why a consensus appraisals of event...

The Accidental Blogger sees a parallel .

One of the unofficial duties of the president .

Regarding my post below, some commentators have wondered why we need a war czar when we have a commander in chief? Isn't it the presiden...

Words like " czar " always make me nervous, especially when they are used to describe administration officials. The intent is to m...

In 2302, section 2 we discussed the tension that often develops between the political appointees of the White House and the long time civil ...