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Dylan R. Bryant, M.P.A., Executive Secretary & Board of Directors

December 21, 2015

Dylan R. Bryant is a member of the Board of Directors, the Executive Secretary, and a Junior Research Fellow at the American Leadership & Policy Foundation (ALPF). In addition, he is a recent graduate of the Master of Public Administration program at Arkansas State University, Legislator Assistant in the Missouri House of Representatives, and Webmaster and Marketing Coordinator for Bryant Auction LLC., a private liquidation company.

Magnetizing the Middle | An Op-ed to Violent Extremism in Charlottesville, VA

Communism, Fascism, Progressivism, Conservatism, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Nazism. What do all these “isms” mean, where do the Alt-Right and ANTIFAS fit in, and do most Americans have any clue what to make of it all? If you search for political spectrum charts on the Internet, you will find disparity. For example, some place Fascism on the far right while others show it on the far left next to Communism and Socialism. You also might gain an idea of whether or not the chart’s creator was of liberal or conservative persuasion based simply on the positioning of Republicans and Democrats in relation to the middle, or the historical figures used to illustrate terms.

Executive Orders – The Eternal Struggle for Power

Newly elected Missouri Governor Eric Greitens recently issued an executive order to create a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) in Missouri. The governor’s newest executive order erects a system markedly different from the plan proposed by the legislature earlier this year and is actually quite different than most drug monitoring programs across the country. Specifically, the governor’s plan calls for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to create a database that will target “pill mills” that pump out prescription drugs at “dangerous and unlawful levels.” The department will work with private sector partners to obtain de-identified data that can be used to target abusers. Furthermore, the governor declared in his executive order that he issued the order primarily due to the failure of the legislature to pass its own version of PDMP during the legislative session that runs from January to May.