Our Mission Is to Reawaken the Genuine American Spirit . . .
11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative, by Paul Kengor. Beaufort Books, New York, NY, sales@beaufortbooks.com, ISBN 978-0-8253-0699-0, pp. 157.
It is obvious in many who engage in or watch politics and governance: cynicism. My hero/commentator, Charles Krauthammer, is an admittedly proud cynic, expertly honed to see underlying motives. Charles sees motives, goals, and likely results: self-promotion predominates, solutions ignored, Americans without power suffer, and problems accumulate - the veterans who die waiting to receive medical care while VA managers hide waiting lists so that managers win bonuses is a poignant example. The Veterans' Administration is not being run for the benefit of veterans but for the benefit of VA managers, which epitomizes the nature of bureaucracies.