All Posts Tagged With: "government service"
Are You Being Served?
“In the animal kingdom,” said psychiatrist Thomas Szasz, “the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.” It is important to use words carefully, to use words that have as exact a meaning as you can achieve. Those who manage to persuade others to use the words they wish [...]
1Nov2008 | David R. Henderson | 3 comments | ContinuedService Muddles in Washington
Doug Bandow, a nationally syndicated columnist, is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author and editor of several books, including Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World. For presidents and generals, the Cold War made military policy easy. The U.S. armed forces had to contain the Soviet Union; everything [...]
1Dec1998 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedCustomer Service, Government-Style
Mr. Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the author of The Politics of Envy: Statism as Theology (Transaction). One of the defining characteristics of denizens of the nation’s capital is their belief that government “serves” the people. This attitude naturally leads to much concern, particularly among the “good government” crowd, for [...]
1Jan1996 | Doug Bandow | 1 comment | Continued-
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