Paul SemenzaThe Celebrity Apprentice PresidencyPresident Trump is demonstrating how the challenges of staffing a real government are a bit different from those of a reality TV business…Feb 19, 2017Feb 19, 2017
Paul SemenzaDon’t Expect Trump to Start Respecting Judges NowOne outcome of the Trump Muslim ban saga is that we have seen yet another side of Trump, and not surprisingly it wasn’t presidential. On…Feb 6, 2017Feb 6, 2017
Paul SemenzaThe “Bowling Green Massacre” Lie Shows How to Actually Protect AmericaKellyanne Conway’s Bowling Green massacre lie and Trump’s false comparison to Obama slowdown in 2011 shows how the extreme vetting idea is…Feb 6, 2017Feb 6, 2017
Paul SemenzaWhat Happens When the Leader of the Free World is an Authoritarian?Countries led by authoritarians in modern history have usually come in one of a few types.The most notorious versions of authoritarianism —…Feb 3, 2017Feb 3, 2017
Paul SemenzaA Week of CarnageThe newly-christened Trump administration spewed out a torrent of Executive Orders, statements and proclamations in its first week. To the…Jan 29, 2017Jan 29, 2017
Paul SemenzaTrump’s Lying Has a Larger PurposeDonald Trump’s strategic use of lying has been well-documented. He is not a typical politician, and did not start lying when he started…Jan 27, 2017Jan 27, 2017
Paul SemenzaTech Firms May be Facing Buyers RemorseDid tech firms take the wrong hedge in the 2016 elections? In an eye-opening analysis, Thomas Edsall reported in the NY Times that the PACs…Jan 25, 2017Jan 25, 2017
Paul SemenzaSean Spicer, Pocket AuthoritarianLooking like a Junior Varsity coach who has been told to whip a bunch of losers into shape, Sean Spicer did everything but throw a water…Jan 22, 2017Jan 22, 2017