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It is actually not a question of size, because the government must naturally be large to oversee a highly complex nation. The problem is over-complexity and convolution, with subgroups of experts who do not cooperate, trust each other, or work well together.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Liberals suffer incurably from naïveté, the stupidity of the good heart.
Charles Krauthammer • Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
As Carville liked to say, quoting Disraeli, “A good leader knows himself and the times.”
Patricia Ward Biederman • Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
three forms of “public opinion” observable in the citizenry: discussions or debates, public behavior such as rallies or protests and the content of newspapers.
Marie K. Shanahan • Journalism, Online Comments, and the Future of Public Discourse
Smart, taut writing is linear, not twisty: Subject. Verb. Object.
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
Journalists aren’t wrong to interview people in power. But when that’s all they do, they let power – rather than expertise – define the boundaries of legitimate public debate. - Peter Beinart
to participate in the great decisions of government. There was, Lippmann brooded, no “intrinsic moral and intellectual virtue to majority rule.” Lippmann’s disenchantment with democracy anticipated the mood of today’s elites. From the top, the public, and the swings of public opinion, appeared irrational and uninformed. The human material out of wh
... See moreMartin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The liberal aversion to national interest stems from an idealism, a larger vision of country, a vision of some ambition and nobility—the ideal of a true international community. And that is: To transform the international system from the Hobbesian universe into a Lockean universe. To turn the state of nature into a norm-driven community. To turn th
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