Courtesy of Tayla Clark Right away, Clark knew she had to get Benji a gift from the Tooth Fairy for his first lost tooth. While she knows some people might think it’s silly to treat pets like ...

I’m sorry. This Seal commercial with Seal playing a…seal? This is is weird. Too weird! It’s technically a Mountain Dew commercial. I’m not sure exactly what’s going on in it. I just know ...

Americans haven’t been this optimistic about the direction of the country since before Joe Biden staged his chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Granted, pessimism remains quite high ...

Ben Affleck's 2025 Super Bowl commercial return received mixed reviews. British singer Seal and "Fast & Furious" star Vin Diesel also received varied responses to their respective Super Bowl ads.

The real problems are not with the banks and lending institutions, in my considered experience and opinion but rather with the bureaucracy commonly known as the civil service. Politicians come and ...

Walter Russell Mead takes note of the meeting of the minds between populists and techno elites, both of whom dislike government bureaucrats (“American Exceptionalism Is Back,” Global View, Jan ...

Years ago, the founding editor of the Washington Monthly, Charlie Peters, coined a phrase, “Fire the firemen first,” to describe how the bureaucracy reacts when a fresh crop of elected ...

Rubio warned that certain projects or programs may be suspended or eliminated, marking the Trump administration’s latest attack on the federal bureaucracy. USAID employees based out of ...

Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss Elon Musk’s beginning attempts to cut down government size and spending, Pam Bondi and the FBI, Trump’s comments on Gaza, and much more ...

Over time the belief that the liberal wing of American politics and the federal bureaucracy were controlled by an “enemy within” became a litmus test for hard-right demagogues, linking the Red ...

The civil service engenders pretty much the opposite reaction. Bureaucracy is synonymous in Western culture with pettiness, excessive fastidiousness, and the arbitrary wielding of unaccountable power.

One thing lost in the Trump administration’s war on the federal bureaucracy is the collective voice of the employees. But some have begun to speak out. One thing lost in the Trump administration ...