J.P. McJefferson Thoughts J.P. McJefferson Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the most discussed technologies of our time. Governments around the world are debating regulations. Legislatures are holding hearings. Experts are proposing safeguards. Companies are publishing ethical principles. Yet amid all this activity, one critical issue receives surprisingly little public attention: AI is a […]

J.P. McJefferson Thoughts J.P. McJefferson Despite Justice Black’s warning, our governmental system has evolved to the point where major national policy can change dramatically every four or eight years with the stroke of a pen. America was founded in opposition to concentrated executive power. The Revolution itself was, in many ways, a rejection of rule […]

Photo by Louis Velazquez on Unsplash J.P. McJefferson Thoughts – J.P. McJefferson In the year marking the United States Semi quincentennial, dozens of members of Congress—from both parties—will quietly make a consequential decision: they will not return. Most coverage treats this as routine political churn—retirements, career moves, the normal rhythm of electoral life. But in a Congress defined […]

“J.P. McJefferson Thoughts“ J.P. McJefferson As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the condition of its governing institutions presents a paradox. The American experiment is not collapsing. It is not even failing in the conventional sense. It is, instead, stalled—caught in a pattern of predictable conflict and diminishing returns that sustains conflict without producing […]

Guest Commentary: J.P. McJefferson, “The breakdown turned a strategic advantage into public confusion . . . “ In mid-February, Democrats held a clear advantage on the issue of ICE and Border Patrol (CBP) reforms within the Department of Homeland Security. Following high-profile incidents and protests in Minneapolis, public attention was sharply focused on concerns surrounding […]

J.P. McJefferson The dysfunction of today’s federal government is not simply the product of political division or individual leaders; it is rooted in the internal rules of Congress itself. The Founders, in one of their few major oversights, granted Congress the authority to make its own procedural rules (Article I, Section 5) without establishing any […]

A comment by J.P McJefferson who has written tis post at his site in 2023 and again in 2024. It is a great commentary on the House and Senate rules which are political in nature, block crossing the aisle types of legislation, punish constituents as a result, and lead to confrontations amongst citizens who also […]

Posting of a comment by J.P. McJefferson to the earlier post “American Idiot(s),” Angry Bear. J.P. hits the same note I have been discussing in earlier commentaries about voting here and here. To add to J.P.’s comment on Angry Bear; “73.6% (or 174 million people) of the citizen voting-age population was registered to vote.” And […]