…about government competence and fairness are much less salient.  There is no question that the government can run Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.  Focusing attention on the threat to these…

…a while and a longtime member of the city Planning Commission, someone whose competence we have great respect for. Anyway, he noted that on April 14 the City Manager is…

…nothing, and his agency is being “hollowed out,” as anybody with any remote competence is fleeing it as fast as they can. The more recent example of Ratcliffe showing his…

…they have proven themselves unfit. They lack the competence and foresight required to administer an essential national infrastructure. They have to go. Come November 3rd whatever political support and license…

…to do with competence. I had spent many an hour explaining to these guys, how systems and components worked, and why something had smoked when they turned it on. I…

…oneself concretely in the world through manual competence have been known to make a man quiet and easy. They seem to relieve him of the felt need to offer chattering…

…view this is a mistake.  We need a government that has the capacity to address common challenges with a reasonable level of strategic foresight and competence.  How we get there…

…perfect in their messaging, but it’s also always possible to criticize them and raise unfocused doubts about their competence and motives.  There are many people speaking out on the topic…

…doubts about the motives and competence of elected officials and scientists.  And if conservative elites insist on sowing distrust for political or ideological gains, government officials will not be able…

…power. The ANC, by presenting themselves as liberators of non-Whites, have won consistent majorities in elections without showing any competence or hesitation in looting the state. My one-handed conclusion is that apartheid left…