The Bureaucratization of the Military, Part 2: The Nutcracker
This piece builds on Part 1 of the series. It morphs the balancing scale in Part 1 into a nutcracker based on the increasing Societal Imperative pressures and complex security environment that place a premium on the Functional Imperative.…
The Bureaucratization of the Military, Part 3: Corporateness and Bureaucracy
Part 1 of this series introduced Samuel Huntington’s The Soldier and the State and discussed careerism and jobs. Part 2 discussed the declining trust the public has in the military and introduced the nutcracker using Huntington’s two imperative: functional and…
Deterrence and the Interagency Process, Part 1: Deterrence
I came across an interesting article on LinkedIn on deterrence and how the military should be in control of it. I started a comment and midway through; I opened another browser tab to a quick search. When I got back…
Regulatory Capture and other Bureaucratic Problems
The preamble to the Constitution states: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings…
The Rise of the American Bureaucracy
Figure Source: http://clipart-library.com/clipart/rTLobyGkc.htm The US has had a bureaucracy in one form or another since its founding. For the first 100 years, it was small and appointed by the President or his administration leaders. Pundits called this process the…
Critical Thinking and Policy: The Wars on Drugs and Poverty
In an effective government, the first rule of policy is to set goals and the implementing processes to accomplish them. Politicians and the bureaucracy, however, run the government. The first rule of politicians is to get re-elected. The first rule…
Faustian Bargain Part 2: Compassionate Conservation: Is it needed? Is it real?
This is a three-part series on developing the concept of compassionate conservativism to develop effective policies and solutions that address the problems of poverty and its threat to sustainable liberty and prosperity. Both the left and the right entered Faustian…
The Rise of the American Bureaucracy
Figure Source: http://clipart-library.com/clipart/rTLobyGkc.htm The US has had a bureaucracy in one form or another since its founding. For the first 100 years, it was small and appointed by the President or his administration leaders. Pundits called this process the…
