In his “A Modest Proposal,” Jonathan Swift sarcastically proposed that Ireland swallow its children to solve its most pressing problem.

Here I sincerely propose the United States swallow its elections to solve its most pressing problem.

I’m a results-oriented guy.  Which means at some point?  The fetishization of process should be ended – if the results of the process are awful.

It matters not that the heart monitor is still pinging (process) – if the patient’s heart long ago stopped beating (results).

And so it is with the process of governance in the United States.

The US has for many, many decades had varyingly-tainted-but-basically-free elections.  And those elected officials have for many, many decades enacted laws and policies.

Well, how’s it going in the US? (more…)