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CEO Government

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Robert Tighe

In recent decades it has been common for political pundits and some candidates for office to denigrate the very title “politician” and to promote the idea that what the country needs is to populate our government with non-politicians. In truth, … Continue reading →

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Economic Shift?

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Robert Tighe

You may be forgiven if you aren’t aware of it, but in August of 2019, there was a major shift in emphasis in modern economic philosophy. For one, the event wasn’t much reported in any of the mainstream news media. … Continue reading →

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NATO Defense

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Robert Tighe

The first half of 2018 has demonstrated, clearly, two lessons that we should already have known and recognized about government in the United States; well, anywhere, really. The second of these I will get to later. I will begin, first, … Continue reading →

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Biz Prez?

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Robert Tighe

“Run government like a business.” That has been the mantra of conservatives for decades. We have been told, over and over again, that the private realm is much more efficient then the public world, and that in order to eliminate … Continue reading →

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Gilded Age II

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Robert Tighe

I often read historical accounts of the Gilded Age, that half-century of rapid industrial growth and massive concentration of wealth that followed the end of the Civil War in the United States. Between 1870 and 1920 there were several significant … Continue reading →

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