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Tag Archives: government
Community Aid
The system of local irrigation in New Mexico contains a lengthy network of canals, most of them small and dirt-lined, maintained annually in a system that was developed over many centuries. In a few places there are larger government-maintained diversion … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Sociocultural
Tagged acequia, agriculture, economy, government, irrigation, labor, mayordomo, volunteer, water
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CEO Government
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
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Bloomberg, business, CEO, government, Hrding, politician, politics, president, Schwarzenegger, Trump, Ventura
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Maldistribution and its Discontents
In the United States the past four decades have demonstrated that there is a significant amount of surplus in the economic system. That surplus, unfortunately, is not widely shared within our population. Benefits at the top income levels have grown … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Sociocultural
Tagged corruption, depression, economy, Gilded Age, government, income, inequality, plutocrat, recession, wages, worker
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Homeland Coup
In the United States we often comment unfavorably on the failures of democratic rule in other countries, the various insurrections and coups and corrupt elections, or the simple failures to transfer power from a losing administration to the winners of … Continue reading
Freedom Two
Discussions about freedom in the 21st century tends to be about individual liberty, the type of freedom enshrined in the Bill of Rights to the Constitution. People have the right to speak freely, to protest, to openly practice their religion, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged Bill of Rights, collectivism, constitution, democracy, freedom, government, individualism, pandemic, progress, revolution
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Customary Collapse
As I began writing this, in late September, 2020, I have just finished viewing the installation of the casket of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the statuary hall in the United States Capitol building. There were distinctive featuresin this ceremony; for … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged cabinet, consistency, Custom, government, president, protocol, Trump
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Individual Myth
For decades now we as a society have been following the social preferences of what Lynn Parramore, in an October 26, 2019 episode of Evonomics, called homo economicus, the supposedly rational human for whom the highest and best path for … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Sociocultural
Tagged budget, community, economics, government, individualism, libertarian, pandemic, safety net, taxes, welfare
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Ring of Dogma
Algerian writer Kamel Daoud gained world-wide fame as the author of a novel—The Meursault Investigation—that acts as a sequel to Albert Camus’ novel The Stranger, but one told from an Arab viewpoint. In the October 14, 2019 issue of The … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged Christian, first amendment, government, Islam, power, religion
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Religious Wrongs
Be careful what you wish for. This warning is a popular idiom and cliché, in this case one not attributed to Shakespeare or Aesop or any Greek philosopher, but one that is useful as a cautionary reminder. We should all … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged democracy, diversity, evangelical, government, politics, religion, religious right, theocracy
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Commons Problems
If you want to talk about the environment or natural resources or about publicly available information or even privately held resources that are widely shared, you should recognize a concept that describes a well-researched and widely recognized problem. One of … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged commons, environment, free market, government, greed, politics
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