Monday, June 22, 2026

Political Science

Relic: How Our Constitution Undermines Effective Government--and Why We Need a More Powerful Presidency




In a recent query of my own slogan, "The Constitution is junk," I encountered this title. Published in 2016. It seemed familiar, but I have no file on it in my collection of files and notes. I really want to read this, but I am not in the habit of reading books. I want to see if I can follow their line of reasoning to a "More Powerful Presidency." That seems absurd - doesn't it?

William G. Howell
Terry M. Moe

These are a couple of highly respected political science professors at big-time universities. The four blurbs are good endorsements. I recognize Sanford Levinston. I believe I have written him once.
Howell and Moe deserve immense credit for 'connecting the dots' between our dangerously dysfunctional political system and an outmoded Constitution. One can only admire their willingness to challenge the cult of the Constitution that affects our political culture and hope their book gets widespread attention that it so richly desreves.

Two of the other blurbs suggest that their theory will "trigger" and "set the terms" for a debate. 

I have read just a little bit. The introduction and the start of the first chapter, and they take the time to ease the reader into understanding the issues that the American Founders were concerned with and how that shaped their formulation of the government.

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In January of 2001, I encountered a random disagreement and wondered why there is so much misunderstanding in contrast to the abundance of advanced technology we have? I pledged to determine the root of the problem and render a solution. In December of 2002, I encountered overwhelming opposition when contesting the quality of the definitions of several significant words often used by atheists in their arguments for distinguishing atheism from religion. Upon commencement of research in January of 2007, I recognized that the inadequacies of the library classification systems was the root of the problem leading to the general misunderstandings in society, and that the solution is a reliable knowledge classification system. What I thought would take merely a couple of weeks turned into sixteen years of enlightening research, thousands of semantic calculations, and thousands of hours dedicated to composing a critique of the three-branch government separation model and the forthcoming treatise on social constructionism.