Then open their primaries in all 50 states to Independent voters — This essay expands on a Letter to the Editor published yesterday by the Washington Post. Although I’m actively engaged in politics (as an advocate for election reforms and a member of the Forward Party), I’m already tired of daily news about the 2024 Presidential election. I’ll bet you are, too…

#1 Introduction and Part I: What would it look like? — This is the first essay in a series that will make my observations and recommendations regarding U.S. economic policy more accessible and provide readers opportunities to provide comments that will help all of us examine and clarify our own ideas as we explore alternatives. The series will consist of excerpts…

The US can use our power and influence constructively — I haven’t given up yet on the chance that America can live up to our responsibility as leader of the free world. In my lifetime (almost 67 years), that has manifested as economic and military domination. …

The real problem with the US House is partisanship run amok. — This essay is not about Kevin McCarthy’s loss or the Republican Party’s loss. It’s about what the House of Representatives has lost. I would start with credibility, but that takes us in the same direction, which is that it sorely needs real leadership. I had to read the following quote…

Don’t add insult to injury by forcing us to choose one of two parties at the polls and then accusing us of being closeted partisans when we exercise the rights you have allowed us. — This morning, I read a couple of articles that reminded me what it feels like to be forced into one of two boxes, when I have explicitly chosen neither. I got angry (again). Then I remembered that 1) I have a blog that could use some attention and 2) I…

Reducing US debt by closing tax loopholes — What to do about the debt ceiling? We all saw this coming, and yet we find ourselves watching a drama unfold that will have real consequences for hundreds of millions of people that will be measured in trillions of dollars. We’ve been here before, and the sad reality is that…

It’s all downside for Social Security as we know it — A few days ago, I watched a panel of experts discuss options for addressing imminent insolvency of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. I was encouraged that they identified alternatives to those presented in the new trustees’ reports — immediately raising the payroll tax by 28 percent or cutting…

Seizing this opportunity to correct the system’s inequities — Exactly 25 years ago (April 15, 1998), I announced my Libertarian Party (LP) campaign to represent Wyoming in the US House. Over the next six months, I issued 20 press releases outlining my positions on various issues. The very first was called Scrap Social Security Now. It got me an…

As the Fed douses SVB flames, we should ask, “Where’s our safety net?” — If not now, when? When will we see something resembling a backbone in leaders of our premier institutions? Or is there something else going on that should concern us even more? I’m referring, of course, to the bailout that we are being told is not a bailout of rich people…