Trump, Biden and ‘Draining the Swamp’ of Washington Corruption

Hyper-partisans like squeaky-voiced Ben Shapiro assert that Joe Biden's early appointments represent a return of "the swamp," labeling the appointments "DC establishment insiders." They strike me as inspiring public servants with a substantial knowledge of policy and how government works. Thank God the nation will no longer have to endure the constant chaos, turnover, upheavals...

‘Deep State’: Thorough Debunking of Conspiracy Theories

Pulitzer winner James B. Stewart, in Deep State: Trump, the FBI, and the Rule of Law, "explores two controversial investigations by the FBI and the Justice Department: Probes into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server when she was secretary of state and Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Stewart talks to William...

Presidents Can’t Seem to Change Government Bureaucracies

“National Security and Double Government,” a book by Tufts University political scientist Michael J. Glennon, suggests presidents can't change certain policies, particularly involving national security, no matter how hard they try. In the 2008 campaign, Obama promised to end the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping, close Guantanamo Bay and scrap or reform the Patriot Act. Yet he could...