Political Bureaucracies — Kingdoms Of Their Own
June 01, 2017
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No one could accuse me of being a Donald Trump fan. Nonetheless, I do feel sympathy for him as he attempts to change the rules of political gamesmanship in Washington D. C. Already he is paying a heavy price for attempting to “clean up the swamp.” Never mind that his n
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April 14, 2015
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Edward Snowden’s leak about NSA data collection has raised a question for Americans to consider: “In a technological world how do we defend our right to privacy?” But Sarah Ellison’s article, “The Man Who Kept The Secret,” raises a more pertinent one. “Are we fools to
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