Dan Williams
profdanwilliams.bsky.social
Dan Williams
@profdanwilliams.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College CUNY.
I study history of public administration, & of performance measurement; forecast methods, & effectiveness; public budgeting, participatory budgeting, & data cleaning.
Broken Windows had been discredited long before Trump became engaged in politics.
August 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Everyone has their opportunity to make a deal at the crossroads. Few get the benefit.
July 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I’ve always thought that pundits were failed journalists or failed political consultants.
July 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Maybe Moscow or Mars would be a better choice
July 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Remembering the well established understanding of “tax expenditures “ and the constitutional prohibition on “establishing religion,”ALL tax exemptions for churches should be barred.
July 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Like the Atlantic, the times will side with the establishment 9 times out of 10.
July 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The accretion of power to the president began in the 1890s as an effort to reduce pork barrel spending.
June 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
He’s not wrong.
June 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Voting to establish new voter eligibility rules at this time is stupid. Voter eligibility is not in the top 10,000 issues that matter right now. Voting with the Rs on this topic just helps them continue their misdirection agenda.
June 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
How many of the “no” responses are because he was an insane idiot in the first place?
May 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
And also a proponent of specious logic.
May 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Sounds like assault with a deadly weapon. As usual, the military gets off lightly for what would put a civilian in prison for years.
May 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Probably most people do not understand that a larger IRS would mean lower tax rates for honest filers over the long range. Of course it is possible that 33% of the respondents are dishonest filers.
May 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Sorry Don, The Dems have been operating on the candidate’s “turn” approach ever since Hilary as if we were giving children the choice for the bed time stories. All 3 of the last candidates were poor choices operating on insider politics. The only reason Biden won was Trump was still fresh.
May 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM