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J Mel, a retired trial lawyer and concerned citizen, turned creative writer, is the creator of this podcast focusing on the relationship between “politics,” and “governance,” in our democracy. He proposes that our democracy failed because we allowed “politics,” the process of gaining and maintaining power, a highly dynamic and contentious process, to sterilize the “governance” function and leave our democracy vulnerable to destruction from within. Stated bluntly, the balance between “politics” and “governance” is out of Wack because we do not have an "enlightened ...

I was raised on a farm/ranch in Dickens County, Texas, marched in the Fightin Texas Aggie Band, secretly courted a professor's daughter at Texas Tech from College Station, whom I married, and then received my B.S. degree from A&M and worked as an Assistant County Agent until I entered and worked my way through law school, practiced civil litigation and criminal defense law for 40+ years, raised four talented rambunctious kids and survived 54 years of wedded bliss. I've got stories to tell! jmorrisakajmelss.substack.com