Tag: public policy
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Republic to Empire: The Middle-Class Legitimacy Collapse
We are living through the transition phase from republic to empire — unless we correct course rapidly.Faith in institutions didn’t collapse overnight. It eroded quietly, unevenly, and predictably. Accountability stopped flowing upward. Standards stopped applying evenly. The system learned it could absorb scandal after scandal without consequence — so long as enforcement remained efficient where…
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Knee-Jerk Empathy Leads to More Victims, Or why “doing something” isn’t the same as doing something useful
In the wake of tragedy, familiar arguments rush back into the headlines. Recent shootings—both abroad and at home—have once again reignited the gun control debate, accompanied by alarming statistics and emotionally charged claims. That reaction is understandable. Grief demands answers. But urgency is not clarity, and too often this debate relies on misleading definitions and…
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Life after door kicking. 