How to run a country

There's a lot to this, even if most of it is common-sense. This section of the blog just presents the elements that I think are probably needed

All governments need administrations. You can't do everything yourself. You need help, and you need appropriate expertise. When you think about it, this is a universal truth, particularly if you're…

Probably, it's worth having some sort of formal statement of what you want for the nation's aims, objects and purposes. The US has a formal constitution, and in the UK…

Whether we like it nor not, our society is structured. This happens not because it is fair, but it happens nevertheless. If one is born into a wealthy family, then…

Someone needs to be in charge. The Nation needs to trust them to make decisions, and it might need some limits to be enforced on their behaviour. Here in the…

We need to communicate, and the means for this is language. Sometimes we need specialised jargon to talk in a particular forum, and sometimes we need alternates (or adjuncts) to…