The presidential debate tonight will likely illuminate many differences between the candidates. But most voters have already made up their minds. How do the candidates attract the voters who are undecided? As in the 2016 election, a small percentage of voters in a few key states could swing the election.
Read MoreAmerica’s pathetic performance in dealing with COVID-19 is due to sluggish public institutions, not just the poor leadership of President Trump, authors John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge argued in a spirited discussion yesterday with columnist Megan McArdle and political scientist Francis Fukuyama.
Read MoreAmerica's efforts at dealing with COVID-19 have been much less effective than Germany, Denmark, and New Zealand, let alone Asian countries such as South Korea. What accounts for the differences?
Read MoreHow many Americans would support a party which stood for good government? Just imagine it: a plan to get schools working, to hold police and other public employees accountable, to cut red tape in healthcare ($1 trillion wasted) and infrastructure permits (doubling the cost), and, generally, to re-empower Americans to take responsibility again.
Read MoreRelatively few votes can swing elections, as Democrats learned in 2016. That’s why it seems odd that there’s virtually nothing in the Democratic platform about making government work better.
Read MoreExpanding healthcare coverage is an important public goal, as Democrats are saying at their convention. But how can the country pay for it?
Read MoreSchools across America are scrambling to figure out whether and how to reopen. Complying with the rigid bureaucratic structure of union requirements and government regulations is impossible.
Read MoreAmerica’s schools were already mired in red tape before COVID-19. Now a system unable to adapt to predictable daily challenges must innovate with distance learning and distancing protocols.
Read MoreLast week, the Trump administration announced new regulations to streamline infrastructure permitting. Citing Common Good’s report, "Two Years, Not Ten Years," the new regulations put presumptive limits on size (300 pages) and time (two years) of environmental reviews.
Read MoreAccountability is key to fixing broken government. Accountability is vital to public trust, and also to a healthy internal public culture. Nothing is more corrosive to a department than the knowledge that personal performance doesn't matter. Why go the extra mile if others don't? Like a leak in a tire, energy and pride quickly go flat.
Read MoreCreating a legal framework for COVID-19 recovery will be the first plank in our Campaign for Common Good. We will host a virtual forum on Tuesday, June 30, at 12pm Eastern time.
Read MoreWho has a coherent vision for better government? Good leadership is vital but not sufficient. The current framework frustrates everyone.
Read MoreThe Washington cocktail of paralytic bureaucracy and polarized politics has stalled the rebuilding of America's decrepit infrastructure for over a decade. Now would be a good time to get off the dime. A million or more jobs — mostly outdoors — would be a great path for helping the economy recover from the COVID shutdown.
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