Tag: Fixing
A Radical Idea for Fixing Congress: Proportional Representation
For most Americans, voting for a member of Congress is one of their simplest civic duties. Every two years, they pick the candidate they like best—usually the same one they chose last time—and whoever gets the most votes will represent them and a few hundred thousand of their neighbors in the House of Representatives. In nearly every case, the winner is a Republican or Democrat, and whichever party captures the most seats secures a governing majority.
That basic
The Best Hope for Fixing America’s Gun Crisis
Even if Congress does manage to pass gun legislation in the weeks ahead—still a big if—that legislation will leave much to be done. The proposed framework does not, for example, increase the minimum age for purchasing firearms, address assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition, or close background-check loopholes for secondary sales, among other shortcomings.
Americans who want a more far-reaching answer to the country’s gun crisis should look elsewhere: to the nation’s tort system, which is available right now to push
The Download: Fixing America’s cybersecurity und Teil 2 der Ermittlungen der Geheimpolizei
Was ist es: Stärkere staatliche Aufsicht, Regeln, die Organisationen vorschreiben, Mindeststandards für die Cybersicherheit einzuhalten, engere Partnerschaften mit dem Privatsektor, eine Abkehr vom derzeitigen marktorientierten Ansatz und Durchsetzung, um sicherzustellen, dass alle neuen Regeln eingehalten werden.
Präzedenzfall: Die neue Strategie wird sich an einigen der berühmtesten regulatorischen Meilensteine des Landes orientieren, wie dem Clean Air Act oder der Gründung der Food and Drug Administration. Darüber freuen sich aber nicht alle. Lesen Sie die ganze Geschichte.
Patrick Howell O’Neill
Die Geheimpolizei: