“That tiny part of your soul that believes in a ‘good government’ ideal requires you to avert your eyes from the segment of the civil service that is attracted to the work precisely because it doesn’t really want to work.” — Jim Geraghty Copy Share Image
“A healthy agency does not require relevance to the national agenda so much as the APPEARANCE of relevance to the national agenda," Humphrey explained. "It is perhaps the second-most important tool in ensuring continued funding." "And the most important?" "A… — Jim Geraghty Copy Share Image
“That tiny part of your soul that believes in a ‘good government’ ideal requires you to avert your eyes from the segment of the… — Jim Geraghty Copy Share Image
“Late in the evening, someone in the White House decided to vent to Ben Smith: 'A senior White House official just called me with… — Jim Geraghty Copy Share Image
“Hey, the ubiquitous Leak-Cam is to 2010 as the bottom-of-the-screen news ticker was to late 2001: What you're seeing beneath the news anchor or… — Jim Geraghty Copy Share Image
“The gargantuan, ever-growing, ever-less-accountable, impossible-to-uproot federal bureaucracy is actually the sleeper issue of our time. It’s at the heart of the conservative critique of… — Jim Geraghty Copy Share Image
“You know what will bring family and social issues front and center? If 2012 America sees middle-schoolers reenacting Lady Gaga videos.” — Jim Geraghty Copy Share Image
“A healthy agency does not require relevance to the national agenda so much as the APPEARANCE of relevance to the national agenda," Humphrey explained.… — Jim Geraghty Copy Share Image
