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An interview about my Presidential campaign from the Independent Political Report: New York resident Lynn S. Kahn earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from The American University in 1977. She worked as an organizational psychologist inside federal agencies for 32 years, including 22 years with the Federal Aviation Administration and for more than six years,…

Letter from the Candidate: America has a problem with violence – we create too much of it here at home and export too much of it around the world. As an independent candidate for President of the United States, my solutions for reducing and preventing violence are the heart of my campaign platform – Fix…

Let’s start again by defining terms. Trade Promotion Authority – commonly called “Fast Track” – is granted by Congress to the President of the United States so the President or White House officials can negotiate trade agreements anywhere in the world and Congress only gets a yes or no vote. That means trade deals can…

On March 30, 2015, I announced that I am an independent candidate for President of the United States of America. My primary reasons for making this decision are: The 7-track strategic plan I present on my website has six tracks for fixing government and one track for building peace. Each of the tracks fits with…

My presidential platform combines fixing our broken government and building peace here at home and around the world. The two elements are connected: building peace requires fixing government. I also believe we have to reduce and prevent violence here at home before we can make much progress building peace around the world. In this article,…

The Problem: Government data does not measure what matters to most citizens so decisions and policies are based on bad data and misleading information. The Bigger Mess: Bad measures mean agencies are rewarded for meaningless results that generally lead to more procedures, regulations, paperwork, reports and staff. When a government agency measures number of grants awarded, we have…

Ballot access for independent candidates to get on state ballots in time for the next national (or state or local) election is backwards. The rules are completely different than running as a Democrat or Republican. The rules and the convoluted details related to those rules (usually written in dense and hard to understand government speak) are also…

My 50-state strategy as an independent candidate for President of the United States means choosing the states where I will run as an individual (by collecting the required number of signatures), choosing the states where I will “actively seek” the nomination of a ballot-certified 3rd party (appear on the ballot line of that small party…

Originally posted at IVN: The spirit of America is strong; the state of our union is fragile. That is my conclusion after 100 days driving 14,128 miles through 34 states as an independent candidate for President of the United States. I met with over 1,000 people individually and in small groups. I mostly stayed away…

The Problem: Federal departments and agencies plan, budget and work in silos and cylinders. Programs built in isolation are doomed to fail. The Big Idea: Good government requires communication, cooperation and coordination across agencies, across all levels of government, with local communities and with non-government partners. In the 21st century, government will only succeed through networks of…