Anne Applebaum publishes her take on the controversy in Britain surrounding expenses of Members of Parliament. There is a degree of unfairness about this scandal. With the exception of a handful of real cheaters and tax-dodgers, most politicians were operating within a legal system.
Month: May 2009
Data.gov
The Times endorses Vivek Kundra’s Data.gov in this editorial. It is no surprise that the I.T. candidate, Barack Obama, is intent on being the I.T. president. To succeed, he will have to remind his administration early and often that he is committed to transparency — and that the threat of embarrassment is no justification for […]
New York Ethics Overhaul
According to the Times, Gov. Paterson will propose changes to the way New York’s ethics and campaign finance rules are enforced. Mr. Paterson’s proposal includes some changes long sought by government watchdog groups and, if adopted, would be the second major overhaul of state ethics enforcement in less than three years. But it is likely […]