When Attorney General Alberto Gonzales insists that his firing of several United States Attorneys last December wasn’t a political purge but merely a normal bureaucratic decision, many thousands of lawyers, judges, officers and officials surely wish to believe him. Anyone who has taken an oath to uphold the law and the Constitution in good faith—indeed, Read More
Of all the questions that cloud the nomination of John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations, the most troubling has so far received the least attention: Has he performed his current diplomatic duties competently and in accordance with U.S. policy?
The answer is a matter of profound concern, because Mr. Bolton’s job, as Under Read More
The nomination of John Bolton to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is in keeping with the governing philosophy of the Bush administration, which has displayed a penchant for officials who despise the agencies they are appointed to run. Consumer protection is turned over to people who believe consumers needn’t be protected; environmental Read More
