This piece on the end of civilian control of the military is important. I disagree with its conclusion. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/01/it_s_the_end_of_civilian_control_of_the_military_as_we_know_it_and_i_feel.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top … via @slate
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However, if you see Trump's election as a symptom of an ailing/distressed democracy, these moves are much more troubling.
When Trump goes against established norms, he makes it less likely those norms will be returned to. The country will be harder to restore.
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If you were already concerned about, say, American militarism and the ever growing power of the executive branch, this is bad, bad, bad.
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