The inevitable proposal by President Bush to expand Homeland Security into a permanent federal bureaucracy highlights a crucial distinction in politics, namely, the distinction between leaders and officers. What does it mean to be a leader? And what does it mean to be an officer? For starters, it seems that many Americans have never bothered to consider the essence of these concepts. Worse, it would appear that many Americans cannot distinguish between the concepts. First, following Webster’s (although the Oxford English Dictionary is to be preferred), we may define a "leader" as "a person who by force of example, talents … Continue reading State Lies and Blurring