#Government

Dr. Strategy (tenured, unremovable)

inthesedeserts

Jolyon's thread is bonkers. The UK's corruption at the national government level seems more like something a shady American mayor would do. Which is not to say that the US

Osman Faruqi

oz_f

Folks, let me explain how by cutting funding to the humanities and increasing student fees the government is actually creating incentives for unis to enroll *more* arts students.(For my sins

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

If you can bear it, please read these four articles, published across 5 months, in sequence. They show how and why the total fiasco of the government's Covid-19 response unfolded.First:

Jen

UnderAGraySky

I am a 49 year old mother with a Masters in Education and I just got gassed by my own government. We were peaceful. I think I stood in the

Walter Shaub

waltshaub

Over the past four years many have spoken of government ethics as though they were the province of Miss Manners. Now the lack of ethics has left 200,000 Americans dead

Ingrid

imarais

To all the worried tourism based businesses that is solely blaming government for the loss of tourism... It is not just here. It is not just us. We are in

Carole Cadwalladr

carolecadwalla

11 yrs ago, I returned to Lebanon where I’d lived previously to write one of those ‘Beirut so hip’ articles. It *was* breathtakingly hip. Also: breathtakingly corrupt. Looking at the

6’4” Soft

wolfnunley

You all know we can overthrow our government, right? We outnumber them significantly. We don’t deserve this. POC don’t deserve this. Women don’t deserve this. The children of the future

Scribulatora

Scribulatora

Our government is not going to get everything right. Programs of this magnitude are going to have holes and come to life cumbersomely and awkwardly. There is no way around

Jonathan Shorman

jonshorman

BREAKING: Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's order limiting religious gatherings to 10 people stands, state Supreme Court rules #ksleg STORY #ksleg https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article241942766.html

Gerald Butts 🇨🇦🖐🧼🤚

gmbutts

Funny. Last time I read Harper in the Wall Street Journal he was arguing for making government big enough to join George W. Bush's war in Iraq.https://twitter.com/TrueNorthCentre/status/1260556147972440065 Joking aside, the

Dan Bloom

danbloom1

Government is to more or less enter a media blackout during the period of mourning for Prince Philip - no Covid press conferences, no press releases other than for essential

Noam Blum 🦉

neontaster

I think this pandemic has mutated my belief in "small" government into a belief in "streamlined" government. Meaning that reduction shouldn't be a goal. It should be a side effect

Chris Blattman

cblatts

Not to be that guy: but a reminder to Americans that in many countries of the world, this would be a “good day”. The sad truth is that dozens of

nancy 🍅🍎

chromatosalad

the lack of effort from the japanese government to locate kotomi after her airplane crashed, and the lack of care from the agnapolis royalty that an international aircraft crashed in

Stephen Reicher

ReicherStephen

COVID cases spike to 3000 a dayGovernment blames young people realxing and partying and endangering everyone else.This is so wrong and so counter-productive.Here are four reasons why First, it is