A list of all of Doc Werlin’s writings pertaining to government.
Over the years I have thoroughly enjoyed Great Courses. In the past few days, I have listened to a series of lectures on the Constitution. In brief, this agreement between the original thirteen states was [...]
I would love for everyone to read quality books that provide in-depth analysis of the factors leading to the Great Recession, the clumsy efforts of key participants to address the crisis, and the ad hoc [...]
Last week I wrote about the proposed 2018 Trump Budget. The Trump 2018 budget did not focus on Entitlement Programs, which represent about two-thirds of government expenditures. Since then I thought about the impact [...]
Introduction We hear repeatedly that America is unlike European nations such as Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, and Portugal in terms of our desire for colonial expansion. Whether right or wrong, America almost [...]
By Gretchen MorgensonIn today’s New York Times, Gretchen Morgenson wrote another outstanding investigative journalistic article. Morgenson focused on several important issues:The failure of several for profit schools to provide the educational benefits that were promisedIt [...]
I recently heard on audible, All the President’s Men. Although I had read the book many years ago, I do not believe that at the time I appreciated the incredible investigative journalism that was [...]
MetLife, the insurance giant that in 1985 secured the rights to use Snoopy in its company logo, has won a major victory, allowing it to avoid more strict federal scrutiny. Despite being the nation’s [...]
(The New York Times Article is included at the end of this essay so that you can form your own opinions.) Today’s New York Times highlighted another instance which involved questionable behavior by both [...]
In a single evening in November 2006, Christie's sold nearly half a billion dollars of art, almost double the previous world auction record. Driving this sale were four paintings by Gustav Klimt that together sold [...]
In brief, I found Judge Scalia’s speech disappointing on several fronts. First of all, his comments regarding homosexuals were most inappropriate. On several occasions, Scalia coupled homosexuals conduct and sodomy. While fun, many sexual acts [...]
On Thursday, Sarasota hosted the first PINC conference conducted in America. PINC is a handmade conference that started in the Netherlands 15 years and has been repeated annually. Nelleke van Lindonk, the widow of the [...]
Over the past few days, I have become angered and confused over articles about the fees that the Clinton’s have received. Specifically, my inquiry was initiated by reports that a foundation associated with UCLA paid [...]
In today’s Wall Street Journal, an article “ Recruits’ Ineligibility Tests the Military” states that according to the Pentagon, only 29% of Americans, aged 17-24, qualify for military service because of physical, educational, or behavioral [...]
After reading Peggy Noonan’s editorial “A Battering Ram becomes a Stonewall” I agree with her assessment we need an independent counsel to get to the bottom of this controversy regarding the Internal Revenue Service [...]
On Friday, the Obama administration cleared the way for broader natural gas exports by approving a $10 billion facility near Freeport, Texas. The Department of Energy said it had given conditional authorization to the [...]
I believe that the decision by New York’s top prosecutor to sue J.P. Morgan for $ billions for widespread fraud in the sale of mortgage-backed securities is reprehensible. The case is the first to [...]
On Sept. 14, in response to protests by thousands of Japan's people, the country's national policy minister, Motoshisa Furukawa, announced: "We will introduce policies to bring down nuclear power generation to zero within the [...]
"The U.S. seriously lags behind the rest of the world in addressing its infrastructure issues and lacks any type of comprehensive national policy or political will to develop a long-term approach." - Howard Roth, [...]
In an editorial for the New York Times, The Technocracy Boom, David Brooks highlighted a fundamental problem—the extensive growth of the federal bureaucracy that has occurred in the twenty-first century (2001-2010) under both Republican and [...]
"We need to ensure that SEC officials are more focused on regulation and enforcement than on getting their next job in the industry they are supposed to oversee." --Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa The term [...]
By Jeff Shesol “If the Court-Packing plan passed, the court will become as ductile as a gob of chewing gum, changing shape from day to day and even from hour to hour as this [...]
Mendacity. What do you know about mendacity? I could write a book on it...Mendacity. Look at all the lies that I got to put up with. Boy, I've lived with mendacity. Now why can't [...]
FDR v. the Constitution A book by Burt Solomon “The Success of Democratic institutions lies in the success of the processes of reason as opposed to tyranny of force, between these, society must choose. If [...]
Today’s Realpolitik encourages politicians from the local schoolhouse to President Obama to pretend that all of their efforts going forward will be to enact policies contravening current law. Their martial stand against current government reflects [...]
"We cannot, we must not, and we will not let our auto industry simply vanish. This industry is, like no other, an emblem of the American spirit; a once and future symbol of America's [...]
Congress has passed the bailout. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's Hail Mary pass sought to break the financial gridlock that stopped lending and restore confidence in our financial institutions. Paulson argued that the $700 billion [...]
IntroductionMartin Feldstein, the former Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors under Ronald Reagan, proposed a better solution to the housing than the current economic recovery proposal that will be considered by the House of Representatives [...]
The stunning defeat in the House of Representatives of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 reflects deep-seated dislike for Wall Street that has roots back to the founding of our country. Most Americans [...]
Earl Devaney, inspector general of the Interior Department, reported last week that a two-year investigation has uncovered a "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" within the department's Mineral Management Services, or MMS. This department, [...]
During the next 12 months, very large companies from such divergent industries as investment and commercial banking, automobile and airlines will seek significant help from the federal government to avert bankruptcy. Their executives argue that [...]
Now that John McCain has selected his running mate—Pit Bull Palin, I feel that I can share my preference John Paulson. Since most of my best friends are Republicans, and at 64 I am running [...]
The purported reconnaissance flight by some 250 Israeli airplanes over Iran’s fledgling nuclear program reflects several ominous trends. A number of countries have jump-started nuclear programs by obtaining needed technology from Pakistan, Russia, North [...]
Let me say, I know that my views about Hillary Clinton are distorted, despite my best attempts to listen to what the woman says, read what others write about her, and remember her actions. Moreover, [...]
The leading editorial of the New York Times, Looking at America (December 31, 2007) highlights how people in some of the most trusted posts in the nation plotted to cover up the torture of [...]
Reuben Goldberg (July 4, 1883 - December 7, 1970) was an American cartoonist who received a 1948 Pulitzer Prize for his political cartooning. He is best known for his series of popular cartoons depicting [...]
Today’s New York Times commented that the political alliance of Pat Robertson and Rudolph Giuliani could compete for the strangest bedfellows of 2008. While I agree with Joseph Biden that Giuliani does not possess [...]
