Policy & Governance

The Perspective

National, local, and geopolitical analysis.

Essays on institutions, policy, power, governance, civic order, and the political choices that shape communities and nations.

An antique world map framed in gold Art Nouveau filigree, with faceted landscapes, farms, industry, and a golden fruit tree rooted around a protected treasury

A Dividend Should Follow Wealth Creation

An ornamental old-world map of North America showing the Gulf, Great Lakes, Arctic, ports, energy systems, shipping routes, radar, and strategic approaches

When a Nation Starts Naming Its Perimeter

An Art Nouveau allegory comparing an internal department, regional agency, and private contractor through a transparent civic performance review

Why Every Outsourced Government Function Should Have to Defend Itself

An Art Nouveau allegory of a civic authority directing public credit and protection toward one favored factory while taxpayers and competitors bear the cost

When Government Picks Winners, the Public Usually Pays

An Art Nouveau allegory of a written rule entering a vast compliance machine that separates established firms from blocked workers and entrepreneurs

Regulation Is Never Just a Rule

A family facing a maze of regulations around health care, housing, education, energy, and insurance

Progressive Policies Are the Cause of High Costs

California climate policy represented through corporate reporting and ESG compliance imagery

California Sneaks ESG In With SB253 and SB261

Editorial illustration of the U.S. Capitol as a vast system drawing policy requests and political interests toward government

Are Politicians Really Bought and Paid For?

A presidential policy table depicting American industry, energy, agriculture, housing, education, health care, technology, and border security

The Overlooked Domestic Agenda Of President Trump

The U.S. Capitol viewed through an open window with closely divided red and blue polling bars

The Midterm Warning Republicans Cannot Afford to Ignore

New York City racial equity policy

Racial Equity in NYC