Overview for institutions

Who Broke the Government?

In my column for CNN, I explain why government institutions are failing: Under the old rules, there were certain things that political parties did not do -- even though theoretically they could. If one party controlled the Senate and another party controlled the presidency, the Senate party …

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Written by David Frum on Monday September 26, 2011

Why Americans Don't Trust Anything

Jim Geraghty  writes about how Americans have lost faith in their institutions over a 15 year period: Think back to about fourteen or fifteen years ago, and everything you thought you knew at that moment. You knew no president would be so reckless that he would get caught having sex with an …

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Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Tuesday September 13, 2011