Good Government

Putting Civilian Review Back Into the CCRB

Dan Garodnick | Posted 09.23.2009 | New York


Dan Garodnick

The "bad old days" of crime are simply a memory, except in one respect: we are moving back to a time when the NYPD had the sole authority to police its own officers accused of misconduct.

A Public Option is Good Government!

Rep. Keith Ellison | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


Rep. Keith Ellison

With a public option, government does not "run" health care--government makes sure that everyone gets health care.

We the People: the Nuclear Option

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics


Bernie Bulkin

While in the US we have been regulating and making decisions about electricity mostly on a state level, things are becoming more interconnected.

Religous Leaders Call For Morality In Government

Chicago Public Radio | Lynette Kalsnes | Posted 02.12.2009 | Chicago


Religious professors and clergy from across the nation just finished meeting in Chicago to take on the ethics of public officials. The Christian and ...

John McCain as a Hood Ornament

Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics


Bella DePaulo

The New York Times has William Kristol on its opinion page, and the Wall Street Journal now has Thomas Frank. What Kristol writes could be called scho...