Ethan Brown
@ethansbrown.bsky.social
Senior Editor for Collaborations @deepsouthtoday.org. Author: Murder in the Bayou, Shake the Devil Off, Snitch, Queens Reigns Supreme. https://ethan-brown.com/
"Still, the fact remains that Obamacare is an immense kludge — a clumsy, ugly structure that more or less deals with a problem, but in an inefficient way. The thing is, such better-than-nothing-but-pretty-bad solutions have become the norm in American governance."
www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/o...
Opinion | The Big Kludge (Published 2013)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"Still, the fact remains that Obamacare is an immense kludge — a clumsy, ugly structure that more or less deals with a problem, but in an inefficient way. The thing is, such better-than-nothing-but-pretty-bad solutions have become the norm in American governance."
www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/o...
Some of the Parole Commission mistakes: false information in parole summaries, including an unfounded allegation that Abrams killed his brother, and Abrams blocked from an entering a key parole program because he was *too successful* in the rehabilitation process. 2/2
www.wfae.org/crime-justic...
www.wfae.org/crime-justic...
NC parole system blocks chance prisoners have of release for crimes committed as teens, suit says
The North Carolina Post-Release and Parole Commission has denied Brett Abrams release more than 20 times since 1993, even after a federal district court judge blasted the commission in 2015 for not pr...
www.wfae.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Some of the Parole Commission mistakes: false information in parole summaries, including an unfounded allegation that Abrams killed his brother, and Abrams blocked from an entering a key parole program because he was *too successful* in the rehabilitation process. 2/2
www.wfae.org/crime-justic...
www.wfae.org/crime-justic...