Blog tagged as government

Government power should be transparent by default; private citizens should not. This essay argues that liberty depends on keeping those roles straight: openness should run upward toward institutions that exercise public power, while privacy should protect the people.

A recurring democratic tension is that those most eager to seek power are not always best suited to hold it. This essay explores how modern politics often rewards ambition, certainty, and visibility before wisdom, restraint, judgment, and genuine fitness to govern.