Hearings on GSA Scandal: Republicans Hammer Administrators on Lavish Spending

At Washington Examiner, " GOP rips GSA for 'culture of wasteful spending' ." And at the Washington Post, " GSA offici...

Chief of General Services Administration Resigns

This is the GSA, which is a federal government procurement and contracting agency. The agency also develops cost-management for the federal ...

California State Colleges and Universities May Screen for Sexual Orientation in Admissions Applications

Tina Korbe beat me to this story, " California state colleges consider asking students about sexual orientation on application forms ....

California Needs Massive Reforms to Reverse Its Economic Decline

Well, this is exactly what I argued yesterday in my post on the fiscal crises of state and local governments. See Michael Boskin and John C...

Local Governments Face Fiscal Desperation Amid Soaring Pension and Retiree Health Costs

I've got two related pieces that were front-page news stories yesterday at the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times , respectively....

Minnesota Girl Sues Minnewaska Area Middle School in Facebook Case Alleging Invasion of Privacy

This sucks. At Telegraph UK , " 12-year-old US girl suing school over Facebook comments row ": A 12-year-old girl is suing her sch...

What Do You Become When You Worship Government?

Via David Swindle :

Inglewood School District Works to Avoid Bankruptcy with Flashy Magnet School Instead of Fiscal Reforms

The state should go ahead at take over the district. It'll probably save taxpayers money in the long run and neighboring communities can...

Rare Truth-Telling Piece at L.A. Times Skewers Radical Left's Hypocrisy on Protecting the Environment

The development of a solar power plant in the Mojave will decimate large swaths of the desert --- all in the name of creating alternative en...

Obama Now Says He Wants to Reform Government

I watched the president's announcement. When he started touting the "billions" saved reforming the check mailing process I alm...

Obama's Recess Appointments

Michelle has the big story on the Richard Cordray appointment, " He’s baaaaack: Obama recess-appoints Dodd-Frank czar ." And see J...

Demand for Welfare Programs Overwhelms Public Assistance Agencies

At Wall Street Journal , "Welfare Lines Overflow: "Crowded Public-Assistance Centers Interrupt Services as Demand for Aid Grows...

California Unemployment Rate Falls to 11.3 Percent! Break Out the Champagne!

I'm being facetious. But I can't help it. Look at this ridiculously enthusiastic headline at the Los Angeles Times : " Californ...

Racial Disparities in Autism Services

On any issue like this you'll always get the inequality arguments. From the continuing series on autism at Los Angeles Times , " Wa...

Unraveling Autism

At Los Angeles Times : Amber Dias couldn't be sure what was wrong with her little boy. Chase was a bright, loving 2 1/2-year-old. But h...

Scott Brown Faces Tough Challenge From Elizabeth Warren

At Wall Street Journal , " Scott Brown's Strategy ": This week Senate Republicans blocked President Obama's nomination of ...

Britain's National Institute of Health to Ration Viagra

This is no joke. Viagra is available privately, but the NHS is dogging those least able to pay for it out of pocket, the same people who are...

Save the U.S. Postal Service!

Last week we were studying bureaucracies in my American government course. We discuss the various types of bureaucratic organizations, inclu...

New Trove of Stolen E-Mails From Climate Scientists Is Released

At New York Times : The anonymous hacker who shook the world of climate science two years ago by posting a trove of stolen e-mails delivere...

America's Broken Contract?

George Packer is a national security correspondent at the New Yorker . He's good. I enjoy reading him. But his cover piece at Foreign Af...