A new book, Common Sense: Take 2, A Call to Renew Democracy, contends that the United States is confronting not simply a political crisis but a deeper crisis of democratic capacity. Written by Russ Travers, a career public servant across multiple administrations who retired as Acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, focuses on the […]

In this episode of The Steady State Sentinel, John Sipher speaks with veteran intelligence and counterterrorism official Russ Travers about the state of American democracy, the national security system, and his forthcoming book, Common Sense Take 2. Travers reflects on his 45-year career across the intelligence community, from warning about systemic intelligence failures before 9/11 […]

Most Americans know something is wrong with our democracy. Fewer understand how much is failing, why it is happening, or what ordinary citizens can do about it. That is why Steady State’s Russ Travers wrote Common Sense: Take 2. This week, we begin a five-week series walking through this book’s central themes. We we will […]