Politics, Politicians, and Accountability
The big question is, under what circumstances can we hold party leaders responsible for the actions of their agents, and how do we do so?
Accountability
Our Toddlers in DC Need Consequences, Not More Oversight
We know what ethical legal behavior looks like. And yet Alvin Bragg and Juan Merchan violated their oaths, the Constitution, and New York ethical standards with complete impunity. The system created to regulate their behavior failed – not from a lack of oversight – but from a lack of accountability.
Responsibility and Accountability Part 5: Voter Responsibility and Accountability
This is Part 5 of a series on accountability and responsibility. This part looks at the voters and to whom they are accountable. As the graphic from My Comic Shop shows, voters are accountable to themselves.
Responsibility and Accountability Part 4: The Judiciary and Accountability
This is Part 4 of a series on accountability and responsibility. As the graphic shows, the two should work together, but can but can get jammed. But often the two are divorced, or at least separated, in this case, by Judicial Review and life-time appointments.
Responsibility and Accountability Part 2: Congress and Accountability
This is Part 2 of a series on accountability and responsibility. As the graphic shows, the two should work together, but can get jammed.
Responsibility and Accountability Part 1: Command, Control, and Customer Service Vignette
This is Part 1 of a series on accountability and responsibility. As the graphic shows, the two should work together. But often the two are divorced, or at least separated.
Part 3 – There Is a Path Back to Federal Accountability
In Part 2 we examined how accountability has failed for the federal government. In this part we will address a path forward.
Part 2 – Federal Government Accountability Is Broken
This is Part 2 of a three part series on lost federal Government accountability.
Part 1 – Organizations Fail Without Accountability
This is Part 1 of a three part series on lost federal Government accountability and what we as Americans need to do to get it back.
Is Article V the Solution to Our FBI Problem?
Conducting an Article V convention, and obtaining ratification of proposals, would be a herculean effort. But getting 38 states to agree with the necessity of imposing accountability on Washington, seems much more achievable than attempting to use the federal government to take corrective action on the federal government.
The FBI – the Dog That Turned on Its Master (Part 2)
Our constitutional republic cannot survive with a federal police force which targets political opponents, applies the laws for its convenience, creates crimes to solve them, and lies with impunity to its masters.
The FBI – the Dog That Turned on Its Master (Part 1)
When a dog can’t be trusted among the vulnerable, there are only three options: train it, restrain it, or put it down.
Snark Alert: The Return of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
There’s one thing that hasn’t changed in our Department of Defense. Good ole “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” is still a thing. But it isn’t a sexual preference thing anymore. Now it’s a political preferences thing.
Trump’s Most Ardent Followers Do Him a Disservice
There is an “only Trump” coalition which is the mirror image of the “never Trump” coalition — and they’re just as destructive.
Failing Accountability Leads to Chaos
Our institutions have become sloppy at best, and malicious at worst. Neither is acceptable. Without accountability, institutions fail, and chaos reigns.
Accountability?
When will our elected, appointed and career bureaucrat officials be held accountable?