At 10:05 on a Friday morning, without so much as a hint leaked in advance, the Bush administration announced that its two top economic policy-makers would be gone by the end of the year.

Once again the Washington scandal machine is in full frenzy.

Defense SecretaryRobert Gates is making needed changes at the Pentagon.

More flexible labor markets, or those with lower employment protection, are associated with relatively higher tertiary education enrollment and graduation rates than more rigid markets.

After adjusting for education and experience, federal workers have higher salaries than private workers in the same fields, and when factoring in their generous benefits packages, total compensation for federal workers could be nearly $14,000 per year more than for similar private workers.

The United Nations is hardly the force for good it claims to be.

The private sector has lost 2.5 million jobs since the Obama administration's stimulus bill was passed but the public sector has added 416,000 jobs over the same period, showing that private sector workers and their families are bearing the brunt of the recession while government workers enjoy federal largesse.

Judge Michael Mukasey may not be the best choice for attorney general because he lacks the management background and experience to run the Justice Department.