Beware the Dangers of Management by Technocrats

Jim Manzi, NRODavid Brooks has written a great column arguing that technocratic management of the economy leaves something to be desired. His particular focus is on the growing disillusion with attempts to manage our response to the economic crisis. My favorite part is this:The liberal technicians have an impressive certainty about them. They have amputated those things that can’t be contained in models, like emotional contagions, cultural particularities and webs of relationships. As a result, everything is explainable and predictable. They can stand on the platform of science and dismiss the...

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Leno to George W. Bush: Thanks for All the Jokes

Andrew Malcolm, LAT« Previous Post | Top of the Ticket Home One of the dangers of following book media tours is that several days in, the author slips into narrative cruise control, a storytelling routine that shares the same stories the same ways. This is especially true by the time they reach the West Coast because, given the Eastern location of major media outlets, most promotion tours start there.Think Sean Hannity and the bald guy on the "Today Show."Promoting his best-selling memoir "Decision Points," former President George W. Bush made two stops in...

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Obama Needs to Strike Delicate Balance on Islam

Thomas Kidd, USATIn matters large and small, Obama has to strike a delicate balance regarding Islam. It is not that he has taken an unprecedented interest in Islam: President Thomas Jefferson had his copy of the Quran, and President George W. Bush discussed Islam just as much as Obama. But because of the ongoing war against jihadist terror, the controversy about the Ground Zero mosque, and especially because of persistent (if absurd) rumors about the president's own faith, Obama has a special burden to carry about Islam. He must communicate that America's millions of Muslims are fully welcome here,...

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