Politics examines how power is won and constrained: election results and the coalitions they permit, party discipline, the arithmetic of a working majority, and the bargaining that precedes any significant vote. Analysis explains why an outcome was available rather than predicting the next one. Written for readers following government as a system.
A federal whistleblower complaint moves in stages: filing with OSC, review, inquiry, and remedy, with a 120-day route to the Merit Systems Protection Board for retaliation claims.
Alexandria Lucas · October 20, 2026
Targeting, canvassing, and the arithmetic of persuasion, explained without the hype.
Henrik Larsen · October 13, 2026
A three-week leadership program is a modest bet by local business groups. The evidence on offer is thin, but the price of trying is low.
Henrik Larsen · October 3, 2026
Framing, loaded verbs and missing context are easier to spot once you know what to look for.
Henrik Larsen · October 1, 2026
The word covers more than elections. It is the whole business of deciding together who gets what, and how.
Henrik Larsen · September 24, 2026