Notes in a Bottle: Changing Politics & Government

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	Our Political Parties--and Processes--Reconsidered
	Today's Democrats and Republicans have performed a kind of identity swap.
	Both of our traditional parties have lost some of the best parts of themselves.
	Both parties have been hijacked by their extremes.
	How about a new party representing the center?
	We need better methods for candidates to reach voters.
	The Internet could revitalize political communication.
	With better communication methods, would we really need parties at all?
	To Reduce the Influence of Campaign Contributions, Why Not a "Video Stump?"
	Politics has become as grounded in passive-engagement communications as the marketing of consumer products is.
	The rise of national and instantaneous news media deprived political candidates of a chance to communicate substantively.
	The cognitive order plays a major role in virtually any social system.
	Perceptions of contradictory gender Interests have evolved into a major "fault line" in American politics.
	In Common with Conservatives
	Social Security a la Wall Street?
	Crime and Prestige A Cautionary Tale
	Which Bureaucracy? The Problem of Identifying the Problem
	Business and Metabusiness The Real Entity vs. the Idealized One
	Bureaucracy and inefficiency are actually about as prevalent in corporations as they are in government (and for similar reasons).
	The current proclivity to discuss abstract Metabusiness instead of real businesses has its origins in our schools, media, and politics.
	The demands of contemporary campaign financing provide strong incentives for politicians to euphemize business issues.
	America's corporate entities appear to be overwhelming our civic ones.
	The Kinder, Gentler S&L Bailout That Might Have Been
	People's Justice in Elk Grove