Governance as Performance Art

Governance as Performance Art

Cabinet Fantasies and the ICE Dragnet Good morning! Or rather, good spectacle. The day began as so many now do: Donald Trump before cameras, inside a room recently redecorated to his tastes, congratulating himself for the achievement of having arrived. What was billed...
NATO is Not the United States Plus 31

NATO is Not the United States Plus 31

European leaders, with admirable restraint, have begun to repeat, slowly and clearly, that NATO was designed as a partnership of equals. It has lately been observed in the capitals, courts, and council chambers of Europe that a most extraordinary clarification was...
Council Held by the House of Tesla

Council Held by the House of Tesla

Horseless Carriages Were Declared a Trivial Side Quest The Lords of Wall Street assembled—by telephone rather than torchlight—to hear from the House of Tesla, whose founder and High Visionary, Elon of Musk, addressed them with the calm confidence of a man explaining...
Modern USA – The Republic of Unreality

Modern USA – The Republic of Unreality

This is the pattern: assert first, rationalize later. Good morning! Today in the land of official truths, something bizarre happened: reality showed up uninvited, armed with video evidence, judges, and foreign governments who refuse to be coerced. It turns out that...
A Constitutional Federal Republic

A Constitutional Federal Republic

This is not satire . . . The United States is accurately described as a constitutional federal republic, meaning it’s a system where citizens elect representatives to make laws, but these representatives and the government itself are bound by a supreme...
What Does America Stand For?

What Does America Stand For?

Principles are fundamental truths, rules, or beliefs that guide behavior, systems, or understanding. Once upon a time, America stood for limited government, the rule of law, a strong but restrained defense, and alliances built on trust rather than invoices. This was...