One thing to be cognizant of.  (Isn’t that a pretty erudite word for a guy educated in small town Western Maryland?)   Congress has repeatedly and successfully tried to limit or reduce the number of federal government employees under the banner of smaller government.  But they...

  As I understood it, one of President Trump’s big campaign promises was deporting illegal immigrants, with a priority on criminals. Lots and lots of media coverage since the inauguration, most of which was just anecdotal and/or about policy issues.   As an operations hump and...

Aside from voting, I’ve never been politically active.  As you may know from my previous posts, for the past couple of years, I’ve been working to implement open primaries in Maryland.  Why?  After some research, I became convinced that open primaries and/or ranked...

  I see a lot of hand wringing on social media about Musk and DOGE (the “Department of Government Efficiency”).  Some of it borders on hysteria.    A lot of that hand wringing is about cutting and/or eliminating programs and services.  That’s about the last thing I would do.  But...