The Golden Revolving Door (NYT)

NYT astounded by results of big government

it still doesn't understand perverse side effects are the chief effects of direct action in any stable system

that's why it's stable

political evolution supplies us with stable systems, mostly

so, mostly, conservatives are right

There's one area in which the Homeland Security Department has excelled beyond anyone's expectations: creating a giant, expensive crop of government-trained consultants and lobbyists.