Brian Cook
@2ndadminstate
Tinkering with the Constitution has failed. The American commercial republic must be reconstructed. Professor Emeritus, Public Administration & Policy, Virginia Tech. "Democracy is for friends and citizens, not masters and slaves" Wilson Carey McWilliams
Simply unbelievable. The worst major newspaper in the country. Sanitizing everything involving the Trump degenerates.
Decided to read this, finally, as a personal celebration of the true spirit of the semiquincentennial. And, despite his struggles and the flux in his reputation, John Adams was a patriot of the first order. A true fighter for liberty and justice.
Maybe not effective. But if you enter here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ you can follow very closely the “world’s finest orchestra, still” (NYT).
They still produce waste. The waste is still highly radioactive. And there is still no place to dispose of it permanently. cleanenergyforum.yale.edu/2026/04/26/a...
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you too can profit from widespread destruction and the suffering of many.
Everyone forgets that the long-term storage/disposal of high-level waste has yet to be solved. Above ground, dry cask storage is not a long-term solution. This is a political/public management problem that no one wants to think about or resolve. 33 years ago!👇🏻
My new favorite book cover. And a very interesting social history, too!
Members of the US Congress excel at distributive benefits. That's okay under normal political circumstances. But the republic is under merciless autocratic siege. Sure, this $221.6 million will support projects in many communities. But what good is that if liberal-democratic self-government is lost?
Imagine if the endangerment finding had at least led us to level it off at 390!
Coming January 1, the 250th anniversary of a "defining moment of the American Revolution when Gen. George Washington established the Continental Army and responded to escalating British pressure with the raising of the Great Union Flag on Prospect Hill." www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/144...
Recirculating this because it is so clear and powerful. www.techdirt.com/2025/11/26/o...
This is amazing! I received another form letter from Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov. This year's FIFTH such identical form letter I received in response to writing to her office regarding impeachment. I've never received any substantive follow up, not even "stop bothering me."
Couldn't resist adding my two cents to this, from the concluding paragraph of my Fourth Branch book.
I like data, so even though I don't particularly trust Gallup methods, this is what we have from recent history. But really, Americans have not been enamored of Congress since 1789. news.gallup.com/poll/1600/co...
My proposal for a better way for administrators of all types to say 'no' to a president would still get this result. But it would be on firmer ethical and small 'r' republican grounds. And it would be a way for those dismissed to demonstrate that saying 'no' is a defense of the presidency.
New Update! I received a reply of sorts to my letter sent to the CEO of T-Mobile US @t-mobileus.bsky.social. 1) It obviously was not written or edited by a human (note the salutation, lol); 2) The main message: "Our hands are clean! Honest!" 3) Corporate boilerplate. Tell me what you think!
Early in the 1912 presidential election, one of the candidates made this argument 👇. No, it was not Theodore Roosevelt or Eugene V. Debs.
I think often now about this memorial on Boston Common. How is it we are allowing the sacrifice of these men, and of all the other women and men, enslaved and free, to be trampled in the mud and wasted. Their spirits will never forgive us.