Government Blogs

Discover the best independent blogs about government on BlogRolly.

• Life and Fines of the 1940s — What if dancing at 3am could get you fined? I read our city's 1940s ordinance codes cover to cover, all 200 pages, and f
• Supreme Prejudice — This stings: the UK Supreme Court trans ruling strips protections under the Equality Act 2010. In this post I unpack how
• The E.U. Goes Too Far — Traveling in Europe exposed how EU privacy pop-ups and museum ticketing asking for passport info break simple tasks. It
• The natural party of government — I’m revisiting the old idea that one party becomes the “natural party of government” and asking whether that still holds
• A sad Day for Australia — Some political moments feel like turning points for the worse. I’m reflecting on a recent decision that says a lot about
• Liberals polling in single digits: as the right splinters, it’s a real possibility — Polls suggesting the Liberals could fall into single-digit support sound dramatic, but the fragmentation of the right ma
• Ukraine, China, and the Shadow of the ’90s — I keep coming back to how the 1990s shaped Russia, China, and the war in Ukraine. This is about post-Cold War illusions,
• China: The Unknowable Kingdom — How opaque is the Chinese system, really? I’m wrestling with elite politics, information control, and the limits of outs
• Fear the First Strike — First-strike incentives don’t need villains, just bad math and worse timing. I’m walking through escalation dynamics, nu
• Thoughts On Shitpost Diplomacy — Memes, trolling, and official accounts: the line between propaganda and shitposting is thin. I’m exploring how governmen
• Of Sanctions and Strategic Bombers — Sanctions alone rarely coerce; bombers alone rarely deter. I’m weighing economic warfare, long-range strike signaling, a