There’s a lot not to like about the weekly magazine The Nation. It is the epitome of technocratic, government-focused, managerial liberalism, the kind that believes compassion can best be reflected in line-items on a budget and that “social justice” is just another bureaucratic program away from being achieved. But all the same, they are often scathing in their critique of the managerial state and executive power. I particularly like this: In the spirit of top-down government, talk abounds about the appointment of a czar, kaiser or gauleiter to run the reconstruction of the Gulf communities destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The … Continue reading Nailing It