https://kennyraskin.com http://theworldaccordingtomark.net Mark Lieberman interviews a really talented guy, Kenny Raskin. Sometimes you meet a person, and you just know that one day that person will make it big. That’s Kenny Raskin. You don’t know him? Well, maybe he’s not a household name. But, he’s been a clown, a mime, Read more…
What are Inspector Generals and why do we have them? In 1978, in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, Congress passed the Inspector General Act, establishing independent Inspector Generals, to uncover waste, fraud or abuse across scores of federal departments and agencies. The law was passed by all but 6 votes Read more…
Maybe it’s the narcotic effect of wall to wall news coverage of the pandemic, but something obvious escaped my attention until this morning. I hadn’t quite figured out why Donald Trump has mulishly refused to provide a full press national strategy for production and distribution of vital materials and resources. Read more…
The only thing more disheartening than the sell-out by supposedly moderate a.k.a. sensible Republicans in the tax overhaul legislation posing as tax reform, is the complete failure of the Democrats to mount an effective resistance to its passage. Even a few weeks ago it seemed inconceivable that the Republicans could Read more…
On December 6th, the House of Representatives passed a bill, entitled The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017. The bill was largely supported along party lines, meaning all but 14 Republicans voted in favor of the bill along with 6 Democrats. The Concealed Carry bill, if passed into law, would Read more…
Today, DJT ended the post-post cold war with Russia and agreed to ignore what 17 intelligence agencies have concluded based on irrefutable evidence; i.e., that Russia did indeed manipulate the 2016 election. By agreeing with the former head of the KGB to characterize the intrusion into our electoral process as fake news, to stand-down Read more…