Trump’s Debt Crown
Trump in a debt crown is the kind of all-caps bookkeeping America keeps mistaking for strength. The man markets himself like a headliner who…
When the Slush Fund Gets a Halo
The slush fund was ugly until somebody in a suit spotted a way to cash in. That is the whole Washington magic trick: the…
Same Promise, More Bombs
Trump’s favorite foreign-policy trick is simple: break the thing, let the wreckage smoke for a few years, then stroll back in like he invented…
Be In the Room, Not Bought at the Door
Justin Jest here, with a smoke alarm in one hand and a visitor badge in the other: if the public is invited into democracy’s…
Trump Tore Up the Deal, Then Claimed the Road
Trump tore up the Iran deal, and now he wants a parade like he personally laid fresh asphalt. That’s not statesmanship; that’s the guy…
Why the Lobbyists Still Get the Front Row
I’ve got no quarrel with representative democracy in principle. The whole point was to let more folks be in the room without everybody crowding…
No Riders, No Excuses
One law. One vote. That is not a revolutionary demand; it is the minimum standard for pretending a legislature is doing adult work. If…
Keep It in One Piece
I’m a simple man with a simple rule: if a law can’t stand up straight without a suitcase full of extras, it ought to…
Democracy, Now With a Login Screen
If democracy arrived in 2026, the first surprise would not be that people had too many opinions. We already knew that. The surprise would be that no one had ever built a serious place for those opinions to go.
Big Money Out, Public Media In
Democracy gets strange when the loudest voice in the room turns out to be the one with the biggest ad budget. We are told…
Let the Voters Write the Ending
In a healthy republic, the people ought to choose the goal and leave the fine print to the hired scribes, not the other way…