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Essays, evaluations, and observations on the drift of modern institutions.
Where Is the System That Judges?
A serious accusation should go somewhere. It should not circle forever through media, politics, and public suspicion. A functioning country...
Read Article Who Benefits When Accusations Are Never Resolved?
by Richard P. Weigand An unresolved accusation is useful. That is why so many accusations never end. They do...
Read Article Trial by Media Is Not Justice
A headline is not a verdict. A clip is not evidence. Trial by media punishes before it knows, and the...
Read Article A Jury With No Evidence
The public has been turned into a jury, but it is not given evidence. It is given headlines, clips, leaks,...
Read Article Where Is Justice?
America is drowning in accusation. The accused may be guilty. The accuser may be lying. The media may be distorting...
Read Article Why Political Tension Is Necessary
Political tension is not always the enemy. Held correctly, tension creates the space where government can work. Without it, politics...
Read Article Why America Needs Both Left and Right
The right and left are not enemies. At their best, one protects structure and the other protects life. Each side...
Read Article The New Conflict of Interest
Conflict of interest used to be easy to see. Today it often hides inside public-private partnerships, expert consensus, standards, and...
Read Article Did the Founders Want a Secular Nation? What History Shows
Many Americans assume the Founders intended to create a fully secular nation. But the historical record shows something more precise....
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