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Lots to Blame on Elites….But This Isn’t the Best Case

A speaker at a University of Chicago event two weeks ago said that the rising level of political polarization is among the elite and not…

Oct 30

Lots to Blame on Elites….But This Isn’t the Best Case

Oct 30

The Short Happy Strike of the Longshoremen

Well…I am tired of the election. I don’t think I have anything more to say about it until it actually happens. Anyone reading this knows…

Oct 22

The Short Happy Strike of the Longshoremen

Oct 22

Reality Can’t Get a Seat at the Table

Twenty years ago, we were all a twitter about a George Bush adviser deriding “reality- based media.” He may get the last laugh. We in the…

Oct 11

Reality Can’t Get a Seat at the Table

Oct 11

Causes versus Institutions

Just before taking off on a short trip with our grandson, I read a review in the Washington Post of a political thriller, Charles McCarry’s…

Sep 17

Causes versus Institutions

Sep 17

There Are Reasons This Is so Hard

Chicago has had more presidential nominating conventions than any other American city (26). The last one, the 1996 Democratic Convention…

Aug 19

There Are Reasons This Is so Hard

Aug 19

Are the Rule of Law’s Foundations Eroding…Or Being Dismantled?

Over the last several years, I have realized that “the rule of law” is only secondarily related to laws. It is a lot more inchoate and…

Jun 18

Are the Rule of Law’s Foundations Eroding…Or Being Dismantled?

Jun 18

Invest in Coal?

I wasn’t planning on writing another blog on environmental issues so soon, but my interest was severely piqued when I saw a recent article…

Jun 4

Invest in Coal?

Jun 4

Creating Clean Energy Is Not Enough

The struggle to adjust to changing environmental conditions is not a challenge that can be resolved by fragmented, individual policy…

May 21

Creating Clean Energy Is Not Enough

May 21

Educational Reform and Teachers

I’m a religious reader of the articles published by Bob Melville in The Civic Way, a much more disciplined look at policy issues than my…

May 7

Educational Reform and Teachers

May 7

Posturing of Republican States Adds to Planetary Risks

My last post used property insurance to illustrate how climate change is already intruding on our day-to-day lives. When I started that…

Apr 22

Posturing of Republican States Adds to Planetary Risks

Apr 22

Mike Koetting

Mike Koetting

PhD in Sociology, career in healthcare policy & administration, and wrote a book on the Sixties, "You Must Choose Now".

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