accountability
Owe Back, Pay Forward
We all owe back, so pay forward. After the Reagan White House, active duty, founding a company to support law...
Small Business, Work Ethic, and Outcomes
Americans are serious about work, work ethic, and outcomes. Being a small businessman – surviving at it today – requires...
The Ides of March?
“Beware the Ideas of March,” wrote Shakespeare in Act 1, Scene 2 of his famous play “Julius Caesar,” a “soothsayer’s”...
Religious Communities Succeed Where Social Programs Fail
Under Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s New York City, 16 people experiencing homelessness froze to death in a single brutal winter weekend—found across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and...
Drugs, Terror, and History
Life is strange, the past resurfacing, reminding us what remains undone. Once upon a time, I ran multi-billion-dollar counter-narcotics programs,...
Making Bureaucrats Accountable
Making bureaucrats accountable is difficult. They do not work for a for-profit company – a surefire incentive to perform, a...
Mark Twain and Education
Mark Twain, author of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, was a great writer, funny, and a truth-sayer. He went to...
Public School Report Cards Deserve a Failing Grade
For decades, American education reformers have promised that technocratic accountability systems would transform our schools. We’ve spent billions implementing standardized tests, creating...
Leadership and Responsibility
Cicero wrote that personal responsibility and moral compass are key to the “Good Life.” He also wrote that “the good...
Whip Cracking – Corralling Government Contractors
Federal and state governments make almost nothing. They push paper, contract with the private sector for what needs making, doing,...
Short Story – About Oversight
Vision, belief, and effort. In 1994, Republicans – led by Newt Gingrich – won the U.S. House, flipping 54 seats,...
Federal Government Real Estate Waste Exposed
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The House Oversight Committee’s subpanel on government efficiency held a hearing Tuesday exposing billions of taxpayer dollars wasted annually...
America – 10 Rules, Good to Great
Over the years, ten rules have surfaced and helped me remember why people go from good to great, in any...
Missing – Accountability and Public Safety
As one lives, one learns, or should. We see failures in government—outcomes, character, and trust—at federal and state levels. We...
Hidden Blessing – Accountability
Accountable government is a blessing – if we get it. We may be about to see big changes in living...
No Shame
Some news makes you angry. You try not to be, but you get there. You say “ignore it” – good...
With Malice Toward None
The public mood is discontent if not utterly disconsolate; people feel worn down, dog-eared, and many just down. Why? Because...
The Death of Accountability
AMAC Exclusive – By Shane Harris The media has long lamented collapsing public confidence in important American institutions, blaming it...
Saving Our Republic With integrity
Integrity, accountability, and ability to speak with – not at – one another. These three elements are essential for the...
Accountability in 2024 – Or Bust
When character counts, Joe Biden is off selling his office to Ukraine, China, and Romania. When solvency counts, Democrats sell your children’s...
Idea of America – Love It
America is great because we are good, as de Tocqueville once reminded us. We must never forget that and never...
Remembering What Matters from Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill died 54 years ago, last month. He saw and did more in one life than...
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