I don't know all that much about administration. I read here to learn. But unlike Mr. Dunkelman have read Robert Caro on Robert Moses. Moses seems to have been a narrow minded, autocratic meglo-maniac, not my idea of a model.
Terrific analysis that draws from history as well as moral reasoning. You nicely untangle "means", "ends," "character," "competence," and "context", reminding us that glomming them together gets us nowhere. You also do so with grace and goodwill. Thanks for such care and commitment — the gift that keeps on giving!
I had not read the Dunkleman article and I'm glad that I didn't as I would have been amazed at such nonsensical reasoning. Going fast, ignoring rules and laws, breaking things is not the way to run anything, much less the Federal government. DOGE is the perfect example of this. You've written an excellent point-by-point counter to this not-well-though-out op-ed. No profession should be run without procedures and accountability, and I consider governmental administration a profession. I do agree that there should be regular and routine examination of procedures and regulations to improve these systems, but there is no excuse to bulldoze them to get to the "end" faster. We should also recognize that Trump's approach results in countless lawsuits which eat up governmental revenue, time, trust, destroys people's lives and, in the end, slow down what he's trying to do.
His book is quiet good on the problems of government, but the leap to Trumpism as a solution is what surprised me. And if he is making that leap, so are others.
I don't know all that much about administration. I read here to learn. But unlike Mr. Dunkelman have read Robert Caro on Robert Moses. Moses seems to have been a narrow minded, autocratic meglo-maniac, not my idea of a model.
Its a great book!
Great post
thank you!
Terrific analysis that draws from history as well as moral reasoning. You nicely untangle "means", "ends," "character," "competence," and "context", reminding us that glomming them together gets us nowhere. You also do so with grace and goodwill. Thanks for such care and commitment — the gift that keeps on giving!
I had not read the Dunkleman article and I'm glad that I didn't as I would have been amazed at such nonsensical reasoning. Going fast, ignoring rules and laws, breaking things is not the way to run anything, much less the Federal government. DOGE is the perfect example of this. You've written an excellent point-by-point counter to this not-well-though-out op-ed. No profession should be run without procedures and accountability, and I consider governmental administration a profession. I do agree that there should be regular and routine examination of procedures and regulations to improve these systems, but there is no excuse to bulldoze them to get to the "end" faster. We should also recognize that Trump's approach results in countless lawsuits which eat up governmental revenue, time, trust, destroys people's lives and, in the end, slow down what he's trying to do.
His book is quiet good on the problems of government, but the leap to Trumpism as a solution is what surprised me. And if he is making that leap, so are others.