Over the past year, Washington has sent federal bureaucrats home when terrorist threats emerged, when an agency building had a fire alarm, or when there were demonstrations in the streets. With a forecast for more than one flake of snow, “non-essential government personnel” are advised not to come to work at all. They stay home — on full pay, of course. This federal policy unconsciously mimics an approach once suggested by the late Bill Rickenbacker. Bill became a hero when he fought the “voluntary” income tax so valiantly that a federal judge said he would have thrown him in jail, … Continue reading Blam!