Feb 20, 2026 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
Last year Republicans in Congress tripled the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) budget, and the agency is establishing a permanent presence (renting offices, etc.) in communities all over the country. The rapid doubling of the number of ICE agents has created...
Sep 15, 2025 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism
I don’t normally do confessional posts on this blog, so please ignore this one if it’s not your cup of tea. But this ties back to how to preserve our deteriorating democracy. The confession is that when it comes to questionable or unethical behavior, I am...
Jun 5, 2025 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism, News, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
It is no secret that ideological and social media have amplified the worst of human nature in many ways. One away it does this is to supercharge the human instinct to blame a group for the bad acts of its individual members, and to endorse punishment of all the...
