Understandable Insights: Information to Intelligence with Sue Gordon

Ep. 47 Who Gets to Decide?

June 23, 2026·43 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

This week, Sue and Eric close the Better Questions series by applying that distinction to three stories in the headlines: Iran, elections, and the courts. The question running through all of them is simple, but essential: Who gets to decide? Across all three stories, one institution keeps appearing by its absence: Congress. The branch designed to authorize, fund, and oversee is increasingly missing when the hardest decisions are made. Sue closes with the episode’s central frame: authority is ...

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