08. November 2016

Political columnist, David Brooks, in a column in the New York Times on November 8, 2016 (http://nyti.ms/2fXfPI9) argues for a new third-party to bridge the divisiveness between the existing major parties, Democrats and Republicans. We have heard this so many times before. Given the structural impediments and the practical problems with forming any new major political party this is a worthless proposal. Working within the concepts of an 18th-Century political system with 18th-Century political...