Remove FBI from domestic politics
The FBI expects to police the 2020 election, secretly. First priority: do not get caught. They understand now that partial transparency does not work.
Author Archives: Steven Greffenius
Stay out of their way
I know the word criminal conveys more contempt than one would like, but crimes include blatant violations of the Constitution, and of the rights we hold under the Constitution.
Eisenhower’s farewell updated for 2020
Constitutional law and the pandemic
Power should never serve morality, any more than morality should serve power.
The battle to control who gets to talk
They both want to deploy raw, illegal power to suppress lies, to give their side the upper hand in endless info wars. Neither side cares about the price in freedom. They only care who wins.
How the FBI subverted itself
For one, it would add to Hillary’s pain. For another, Trump would crow. Third, it would remind us that Putin bought his signal victory with the Democrats’ money.
What happens when leaders think about themselves, and not their responsibilities
Amyiah Cohoon did everything right: She cut her spring break at Disney World short in early March, as the virus …
Public trust and leaders who deserve it
The best generals rely on their platoon leaders and junior officers to succeed. The same goes for resistance to a deadly pathogen. Leadership – and followership – must develop locally from the bottom up.
“We’re here from the government, and we’re here to help.”
Perhaps we believe earthly powers offer the most protection we will ever find.
Holy Week offerings
Citizens of Greenville, Mississippi, observed police issue $500 tickets at King James Bible Baptist Church, for curfew violations on Maundy Thursday, as congregants sat in their cars in the church parking lot to listen to their pastor on the radio.
Time for a vacation in Washington, a long one
As Democrats plotted their moves to ‘counter’ the president, they may as well have declared, “Let us write you a ticket for 270 plus one in the fall.”
Public trust and leaders who deserve it
Top-down control does not work even in the army, let alone in public health. The best armies are led from the bottom, not from the top. The same goes for resistance to a deadly pathogen. Leadership – and followership – has to develop locally.
