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Ongoing Research
Essays, evaluations, and observations on the drift of modern institutions.
Lindsey Graham: Respect Without Agreement
A country cannot survive if every political opponent becomes an enemy, every disagreement becomes hatred, and every act of respect...
Read Article The Redefinition of Law
Law once existed to serve justice, restrain power, protect rights, require evidence, and judge conduct. Now it is often repurposed...
Read Article Public Trust Is a Promise
Public trust is a promise. The people grant power, and officials owe duty. When that duty is betrayed, citizens must...
Read Article When One Side Tries to Carry the Whole
by Richard P. Weigand The burden of false completeness. Civilization begins to weaken when one function decides the other...
Read Article America Needs the Functions, Not the Factions
The modern Left and Right may be degraded, but the functions they often claim to represent are still necessary. Neither...
Read Article When the Mud Becomes the Country
A country can survive conflict, scandal, and hard elections. But it cannot survive forever in mud. When accusation replaces justice...
Read Article Accountability Is Not Revenge
Accountability is not revenge. Revenge wants injury. Accountability wants truth, process, consequence, and repair. When a country loses that distinction,...
Read Article Accusation Is Not Justice
America is drowning in accusation. The accused may be guilty. The accuser may be wrong. The media may be distorting...
Read Article The Accusation Machine
Accusation is no longer only a political tactic. It has become a machine. The charge is made, amplified, monetized, and...
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