Author: Stacey Selleck

Today’s federal holiday represents a truly spectacular feat of modern public administration: actual downsizing. By our federal government, no less. Where once there were two federal holidays, Washington’s Birthday and Lincoln’s Birthday, now there is just one: Presidents’ Day. There is no equal in public sector simplicity, frugality, efficiency. Stand in awe, fair citizens.* In that

The watchdog group Freedom House thinks so. “Freedom in the World” is Freedom House’s flagship annual report, assessing the condition of political rights and civil liberties around the world. It is composed of numerical ratings and supporting descriptive texts for 195 countries and 14 territories. Freedom in the World has been published since 1973, allowing

A: U.S. Representative John Dingell, from Michigan, is the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history. The lawmaker retired from the U.S. House of Representatives in 2015 at the age of 87 after serving since 1955. Dingell holds the record for longest serving member of Congress at 59 years, 21 days. That’s 30 terms in office.

Chicago is getting a new mayor. The election is Feb. 26th. That’s right, in a stunning September 2018 announcement, Rahm Emanuel said he would not seek a third term as mayor of arguably the nation’s most corrupt and fiscally unsound city in one of the most corrupt states. Technically, he didn’t have to step down,