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My review of Thomas Mullaney, How We Dis...

My review of Thomas Mullaney, How We Disappear: A Personal History of Information

“A U.S. dollar bill, turned 90 degrees and tattooed top-to-bottom, edge-to-edge, with Psalm 23. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. Right next to it, a small slip of paper, creased and soft, covered with six digit numbers. What did they mean?” Thomas Mullaney found these items in his deceased […]

Harris or Trump could imperil the peacef...

Harris or Trump could imperil the peaceful transfer of power

“Presidential power,” declared presidential historian Richard Neustadt, “is the power to persuade.” By virtue of being the center of attention, a president can move the minds of Congress and the public. A party’s presidential nominee has similar power. He or she has been the center of a massive campaign that has involved raising and spending […]

Old lessons for the new right

Old lessons for the new right

In an op-ed for the Washington Post last week, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio outlined why he now believes in industrial policy—done right. “In the past, Republicans outsourced such decisions to ‘the free market,’ which meant some combination of nationless corporations and Communist China,” he wrote. Most of his piece (rightly) criticizes the Biden administration’s foray […]

Congress must be ready for election unce...

Congress must be ready for election uncertainty

Recent polls show President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden in a virtual tie in national polls.  State polls show the race as a tossup. Come November, the country may find itself in a situation where neither candidate has sufficient electors (270) to win. This is where Congress comes in…(Read more)