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For our look at the executive branch - and specifically the bureaucracy and how Congress attempts to oversee it. - Click here for the artic...

The latest revelation from the document s released by Edward Snowden. These has been classified for years. U.S. spy agencies have built an...

The implementation of Obamacare continues. Ca lifornia has a head start and there are indications that costs might be lower than anticipate...

I just heard a strong recommendation for this interview with the retired general regarding counter-terrorism policy among other things. Wor...

For this week's look at the executive branch, a random look at some stories that illustrate different topics covered in the class materi...

Detail from the Washington Post . The transition to digital communications seems to have caught up with the agency - which remember has a ...

DNA evidence has confirmed that this skeleton once help up the body of Richard III (note the curved spine) who was kil...

A few days back was the 50th anniversary of JFK's speech in Rice Stadium announcing his goal of sending a man to the moon (and bringing...

This is news to me I have to admit . Federal law -- the Hatch Act of 1939, amended by Congress in 1993 -- specifically prohibits secretarie...

I justr became aware of this website . Should be useful for our look at the executive branch and regulatory agencies. Its affilitated with t...

A bill repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board , which was designed to curb growth in Medicare spending passed the Energy and Comme...

Texas - and a handful of other states - have been privatizing prisons for many years now. Private providers of services are assumed to be ab...

Three stories for 2302 students to chew on: 1 - The Food and Drug Administration eases rules in order to deal with the shortages of two c...

1 - The Justice Department has expanded its definition of rape to include sexual assaults of men. 2 - A major player in the battle against ...

Ezra Klein walks us through what happened in the early months of the Obama Administration and how they responded to the ongoing economic cr...

The author provides a reminde r that the Fed is designed to be immune from political pressures. Congress designed it that way. This applies ...

When we begin - in 2302 - to look at the executive branch, we will note the concept of bureaucratic drift, which refers to the tendency of t...

We can consider this when we discuss elections, interest groups in 2301 and the executive branch in 2302: President Obama abandoned a con...

The NYT has a fun piece where they asked different people what they would do if they were president . It's worth a quick read, but as yo...

Here are a few links touching on the different issues raised regarding the constitution, the national debt and presidential power. It's ...