…increase. One externality should be considered inbreeding in the acquisition work force. Since 2000 penalties (reduced annuities) for retired military officers who take civil service jobs have been eliminated and…

…— age 24, he wrote the definitive book ‘The Naval War of 1812’, standard history for two generations. — age 24 the president appointed him to the United States Civil…

…police officers (and others) are trained to recognize behaviors associated with certain activities related to terrorism,” he said. Major city police chiefs are participating. Civil libertarians questioned why firefighters, paramedics…

…may contain several requests. In contrast to the strong concerns expressed by Congress and civil liberties groups after last year’s inspector general’s report was issued, Mueller’s disclosure drew no criticism…

…change driven from the bottom up whether in civil society or the marketplace. Of course, a move to do the economy one better would not be complete without a discussion…

…in last week’s “anti-gay” election, exit polls show that most voters believed that homosexual couples should be entitled to civil unions or marriage. Yet an enormous (and probably increasing) number…

U.S. intelligence pessimistic on Iraq future From this MSNBC story: Estimate contrasts Bush statements, says civil war possible WASHINGTON – A highly classified National Intelligence Estimate assembled by some of…

The Fundamental Problem The fundamental problem, or at least the pragmatic problem, with using torture and abrogating civil rights is that the government can never be sure it is torturing…

…of this unforunate puzzle comes in today’s NYT: George J. Tenet and his deputies at the Central Intelligence Agency were presented in August 2001 with a briefing paper labeled “Islamic…

…impression of the type of people that we elect into our Bundestag. Most deputies (around a third!) are career civil servants. If you add in other people from quasi-governmental institutions…