Royal Politics

Tag: political corruption

  • DAILY REALITY CHECK: Excessive Political Spending Is Becoming a Liability

    The old political machine still believes money creates legitimacy. Increasingly, it creates suspicion. For decades, the formula was simple: raise more money, buy more advertisements, dominate the airwaves and overwhelm the opposition. The candidate with the largest war chest was…

  • FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC? Congress Performs for AIPAC While America Waits

    There is something deeply revealing about watching Washington discover urgency whenever the political interests of a foreign ally are involved. Housing can remain unaffordable. Americans can postpone medical care because they cannot afford it. Families can fall behind on rent.…

  • Selective Standards, Presidential Proximity, and the Myth of Merit-Based Funding

    The administration claimed it was removing ideology, favoritism and waste from federal spending. Yet legitimate research was subjected to political cancellation while companies financially connected to the president’s sons benefited from contracts, loans, incentives and other forms of federal support.…