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My NBA All White Starting 5

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My NBA All White Starting 5 This is a companion piece to my Ultimate All-Time Top 5, which you can read here If you want to read my team of current players that beat the Warriors and Celtics, read here I had a good time building an indomitable all-time top 5 in my last post, … Read more

Testing Constraints: Executive Power First, Constitutional Limits Later

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Testing Constraints: Executive Power First, Constitutional Limits Later See my companion analysis: “Presidential Conflicts of Interest“ Since late 2024, executive action across four constitutionally distinct domains: foreign policy, constitutional text, separation of powers, and domestic enforcement has followed a consistent pattern: legal and institutional constraints are treated as obstacles to be tested rather than defaults … Read more

Presidential Conflicts of Interest: How Preventive Safeguards Failed in Trump’s Second Term

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Presidential Conflicts of Interest: How Preventive Safeguards Failed in Trump’s Second Term Oversight systems intended to prevent presidential conflicts of interest now act only after transactions close, rather than beforehand. In President Donald Trump’s second term, this shift created a recurring pattern: regulatory pressure decreased, private actors gained access or advantage, and oversight arrived too … Read more

Survival TTRPGs: The Real Test (And Why Most Games Fail It)

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Survival TTRPGs: You Think Survival Is Scarcity. It Isn’t. This is part of my ongoing series on system structure and pressure models—see my previous: Heroic Fantasy TTRPGs: The Real Test (And So Many Games Fail It) This post is about what survival games do at the system level. If you’re designing a survival TTRPG, resource … Read more

Heroic Fantasy TTRPGs: The Real Test (And So Many Games Fail It)

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Heroic Fantasy TTRPGs: You Think It’s About Dragons. It Isn’t. This is part of my ongoing series on system structure and pressure models—see also: Grimdark TTRPGs: The Real Test (And Why Most Games Fail It) This post is not about what heroic fantasy looks like, it’s about what it does at the system level. If … Read more