The Deep State Strikes Back!

The 100 MPH DOGE train is finding some obstacles thrown in its path, as judges are reinstating fired workers and even the Supreme Court is reversing spending freezes at USAID. How to continue the revolution in government reduction?

Trump May Succeed Where Others Failed in Personnel Cutting

Disclaimer: Then-Vice President Al Gore awarded my State Department team in Seoul in the mid-90’s a Hammer Award for helping “reinvent government.” Gore was in charge of the Clinton-era plan to create a government that costs less and works better. The plan mostly...
More Empty Threats from Donald Trump?

More Empty Threats from Donald Trump?

Trump’s act is starting to wear thin. He tried this same gambit a month ago and, despite what appeared to be a genuine threat, he did nothing. I think the latest dire threat is to divert attention from the fact that Mr. Witkoff is in Doha, Qatar talking directly to...

Taking Rights Seriously

“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion,and only one person were of the contrary opinion,Mankind would be no more justifiedIn silencing that one person,Than he, if he had the power,Would be justified in silencing mankind.” — John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) The...