Faceless Bureaucrat

Blogging on bureaucracy, organizations, USDA, agriculture programs, American history, the food movement, and other interests. Often contrarian, usually optimistic, sometimes didactic, occasionally funny, rarely wrong, always a nitpicker.

Showing posts with label power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label power. Show all posts
Saturday, December 03, 2022

Loss of Authority

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 Was thinking about the question of authority--who has it, what does it mean, etc. Seems to me "authority" has drained away from t...
Sunday, April 25, 2021

Under Recorded: Luck and Power

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 I think there's a gap in both journalism and history; we don't do enough to recognize the role that luck and power (differentials) ...
Friday, July 10, 2020

How To Deal With the Powerful

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Politico has a piece on a presentation by the CIA person who usually briefs the President. One of the things which fascinate me is what Er...
Tuesday, July 07, 2020

Power, Statues, and Signalling

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An article on the Columbus statue in front of Union Station in DC this morning provokes these thoughts: The ability to erect statues is a ...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

The Role of Power in Society

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The older I get the more attention I give to the role of power in society. It seems to me to play a role throughout society, a role not usua...
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