Immodest Proposals

Longtime readers of this blog may not be surprised to find that, after three posts explaining in detail why significant reforms are impossible in the current American political system, I propose to spend several more posts talking about significant reforms that might be part of a functional response to the crisis of our time. I freely grant that there's irony involved, but proposing useful changes that won't be enacted right away is by no means as pointless as it may seem in an age of just-in...