by Aseem Gupta | Jan 26, 2025 | Book Summaries and Analysis
In Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Lewis Carroll sends Alice into another dream world, this time through the mirror above her drawing-room fireplace. On the other side, she discovers a country arranged like a gigantic chessboard, where flowers...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 20, 2025 | Political Theory, Governance & Ideology
In November 2024, Elon Musk presented an extraordinary proposition: the United States government could eliminate as much as $2 trillion in spending by confronting waste, dismantling unnecessary bureaucracy, cancelling expensive contracts and making federal agencies...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 19, 2025 | Book Summaries and Analysis
A white rabbit with a pocket watch, a caterpillar who questions a little girl’s identity, a tea party that never ends, and a queen who orders executions whenever she loses her temper: these are among the unforgettable inventions of Alice’s Adventures in...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 17, 2025 | Political Theory, Governance & Ideology
In January 2009, Barack Obama entered the White House promising to change the relationship between government and private industry. One of his priorities was closing the revolving door that allowed lobbyists to become government officials and former public servants to...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 12, 2025 | Book Summaries and Analysis
A lawyer serving a ten-year federal prison sentence claims to know who murdered a prominent judge. The FBI has spent weeks investigating the crime without identifying a convincing suspect, and the prisoner offers information that could resolve the case. His price is...
