‘Good. I’m Glad He’s Dead’

Robert Mueller, Donald Trump, and the Death of Decency by Mark M. Bello By now, you have heard that Robert Mueller, a decorated Marine, lifelong public servant, former FBI Director, and special prosecutor, has passed away. When Donald Trump heard the news, he posted these words: “Good, I’m glad he’s dead,” I’d like to say […]

Happy New Year Part 3: The Choice

Competence is Still an Option by Mark M. Bello After a year filled with headlines, arguments, and outrage, it’s easy to believe that dysfunction is inevitable — that chaos is just the cost of governing a large, divided country. It isn’t. What Americans experienced in 2025 wasn’t the unavoidable result of hard choices in a […]

Happy New Year! Bad Policy Has Consequences–And Better Policy is Right There

Part Two: The Fix By Mark M. Bello The most frustrating thing about 2025 wasn’t just the damage—it was how unnecessary the damage was. None of the problems described in yesterday’s Part One required radical ideology to fix. They required competence, balance, and honesty about tradeoffs. What Better Policy Looks Like (Plain English) Economic Stability […]

Bad Policy Has Consequences — And Better Policy is Right There (3-Part Series)

How Government Choices in 2025 Hurt Ordinary Americans — and How Easily We Could do Better by Mark M. Bello Bad outcomes don’t fall from the sky. They’re made—carefully, repeatedly, and often predictably—by policy choices. In 2025, Americans didn’t suffer because the government was “too big” or “too weak,” but because the Trump Administration focused […]