Constitutional law and the pandemic
Power should never serve morality, any more than morality should serve power.
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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.
Shelter in place actually means submit to a police state
Boston residents thanked law enforcement officers at the end of the day. They were happy that thousands of officers had protected the city and its residents from the unarmed Tsarnaev.
Panic gathers, but government will protect us
The top-down arrangement of regulations, permissions, and enforcement has actual consequences for a lot of people. We can change this regime incrementally, just as it developed incrementally.
Leadership during a pandemic
These tools of social pressure are the opposite of leadership. Leaders do not pressure, denounce, and coerce. Leaders open the way.
