EP 844 We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby–Or Have We?

EP 844 We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby–Or Have We?

 “We the People” is the opening salvo of the Constitution.  However, the definition of the people was very limited at the time.  And women, among others, were not part of the equation.  The Constitution was aspirational and later amended to include the previously excluded and while women fought, alongside many men, to take their rightful …

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EP 842 America Is in Decline but Competitors are Declining, Too–and Faster

EP 842 America Is in Decline but Competitors are Declining, Too–and Faster

 Robert Kaplan’s erudite take on the world’s geopolitical situation can be summed up in the manner described in our headline, but there is so much more nuance in his book “Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis” that you must read it for yourself to grasp the complexities of our fast-changing world in these illegible …

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EP 840 Ungoverning: A New Term and a New Approach to Dismantling Government

EP 840 Ungoverning: A New Term and a New Approach to Dismantling Government

  When Professor Nancy Rosenblum joined us months back, she and Russell Muirhead had written a book called “Ungoverning” The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos.”  Their case study was the first Trump Administration.  And while every modern state is an administrative state, the bureaucracy at all levels of government has …

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EP 837 The New Tourist Explores the World in a Deeper Way

EP 837 The New Tourist Explores the World in a Deeper Way

 The Louvre.  The Tower of London. The Parthenon.  St. Peter’s Basilica.  An all- inclusive resort in Bermuda.  What do all of these places have in common?  Well, they are fine to visit, but they are predictable and have been given the designation of ‘tourist traps.’  Often times we are fearful of going off-road and exploring …

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EP 836 Obesity Inhibitors: A Breakthrough in Medicine

EP 836 Obesity Inhibitors: A Breakthrough in Medicine

 For the first time in a decade, adult obesity in the United States dropped last year, according to a new study and researchers are continuing to determine the role that the dramatic rise in popularity of weight loss drugs, like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound, has to do with that trend.  Before 2023, between 2013-2022, obesity …

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EP 835 It’s Still the Federal Bureau of Investigation but What Will It Be Able to Investigate in Trump’s America?

EP 835 It’s Still the Federal Bureau of Investigation but What Will It Be Able to Investigate in Trump’s America?

 To say that there is a chill in the air at FBI HQ, and its field offices, is an understatement.  Perhaps I should call HQ the future “Museum of the Deep State” on day one if Kash Patel is confirmed as its director, as he’s said publicly.  Between firings, exposure of agents, analysts and others …

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