Build a Bureaucrat Factory?

There are now thousands of bureaucrats on the government payroll who produce very little. According to Clinton the baby-boomers are retiring, we must train people to take their place. Why? We managed just fine for more than 200 years without academies to train bureaucrats. Clinton already has offered a bill to create the United States Public Service Academy. A Democratic Congress would pass such a bill.

High Life

Unhappy Days are Here Again

Unhappy Days are Here Again

NEW YORK—The war on terror, as the most inarticulate man ever to inhabit the White...

High Life

Overdrive

Overdrive

NEW YORK—A funny thing happened to me on my way out from a party on November 17 in...

Political Economy

As GM Goes, So Goes the GOP

As GM Goes, So Goes the GOP

Understandably, Republicans are seething. When Hank Paulson demanded $700 billion to...

Media

The Conservative Write

The Conservative Write

As the story goes, Pauline Kael “couldn’t believe Nixon won in ’72,” as...

High Life

With Friends Like These

With Friends Like These

NEW YORK—At an outdoor luncheon party in Sussex celebrating Willy Shawcross’s...

Foreign Policy

The Neocons ♥ Hillary

The Neocons ♥ Hillary

Neoconservatives afraid that a President Obama might even partially live up his promise...

Manhunt

A Debate About Nothing

A Debate About Nothing

Jim, let me just make a point. I’ve got a bracelet, too… ~Barack Obama This...

Life

Kill More Canadians

Kill More Canadians

Finally, someone has worked up the courage to say it. We’ve all been thinking it. It’s...

The Old Gray Lady and the Tramp

The Old Gray Lady and the Tramp

That phony story about John McCain and Vicky Iseman, which the New York Times...

Political Economy

Who Lost Detroit?

Who Lost Detroit?

Who killed the U.S. auto industry? To hear the media tell it, arrogant corporate...

Obamania

America’s First Affirmative Action Candidate

America’s First Affirmative Action Candidate

To watch the contortions over that New Yorker cover cartoon of the Obamas is to...

Iraq war

Like Lambs Led to the Slaughter

Like Lambs Led to the Slaughter

What is the life of a 17-year-old worth? Two stories caught my eye today—one from the...

High Life

Playing Host to the Enemy

Playing Host to the Enemy

Thirty years ago this week my daughter was three and my son had not been born. I had...

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