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Federal government’s “corporate culture” is dominated by career bureaucrats with no passion for their product and no incentive to improve Many years and a few lifetimes ago, I received Presidential appointments to serve in the federal government. It was an experience I will never forget and I was honored to serve. It was an eye-opening experience in how our Washington government actually works, or doesn’t work as the case may be.

Scores of soon-to-be-unemployed Democrats fear that their party’s electoral defeat could hinder their ability to find work on K Street, a traditional safe haven and source of employment for Capitol Hill staff. At a time when many Democrats are anxious about their ability to earn a living, some even fear that a conspiracy to blacklist aides to certain Democrats, such as Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), could be afoot. Daschle, who is reviled by many congressional Republicans for his efforts to stop GOP initiatives and judicial nominees in the Senate, was defeated in this month’s election by former Rep....

Mineta, Magaw and Ridge Deserve to Be Removedby Joseph P. TartaroExecutive Editor, GunWeekJune 10, 2002 Within hours of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon across the Potomac from Washington, DC, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) was the first voice heard calling for Congress to pass legislation allowing airline pilots who volunteered and were trained to carry guns in the cockpit as a last line of defense in similar future hijackings. Congress acted and passed such enabling legislation just a few months after...