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    The Foreign Service has several broad career specializations, or "cones"; each FSO is "coned" at entry, and that cone greatly…
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    • I don't disagree that the overall treatment of the State workforce in general under SecState Tillerson -- whether Civil Service…
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    • There's a confusion here. Foreign affairs officers are Civil Service staff doing foreign-policy jobs at State; they are not available…
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    • Well, the studies explained the methodology by which they sorted news accounts into categories, including those that were policy-based and…
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    • You wrote, "In general, I thought the Times had excellent election coverage."  I suggested that several respected independent analyses made…
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    • My apologies for the undue italicization, which I trust will not interfere with the basic point.  I've been following analyses…
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    • I'm surprised at this post.  There have been several detailed examinations of 2016 election coverage by organizations not remotely "big…
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    • And all of this relates, of course, to Sen. McConnell's veto in September 2016 of the Obama administration's proposal to…
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    • As Mr. Longman does not note (because it might distract from his central point), the Trump team's intervention on the…
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    • Mr. Longman's analogy to the Wannsee conference is clever and in its way thoughtful, but it is incomplete.  Participants in…
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    • It has happened before. In the aftermath of the Civil War, biracial democratic governments were established throughout the South.  These…
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    • Whoops, autocorrect made a muddle. The final sentence should have read:  "One strongly suspects that"Calvary Chapel" (with reference to the…
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    • As to the screwups during the trip, consider them guaranteed.  Trips of this sort by the President are extraordinarily intricate…
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    • Mr. Longman somewhat understates Mitt Romney's inclination toward subservience.  In addition to the memorable meal he recalls, Romney made a…
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    • it might be better if thoughtful analysts such as Mr. Longman would not describe Corker, Flake, and McCain as people…
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    • To clarify:  the CFPB rules overturned would have prevented financial firms from requiring consumers to sign "forced arbitration" agreements and…
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    • Let it be noted that those brave, conscientious dissenters Jeff Flake, Bob Corker, and John McCain all voted late on…
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    • "Vox" has two thoughtful pieces making essentially the same point:  that Flake and Corker by leaving the Senate are helping…
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    • The election, of course, will provide Jeff Flake an opportunity to demonstrate that his "words" in dissent from Trump are…
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    • That lead question is exactly what everyone is wondering about.  As to Flake and Corker, the credit they deserve is…
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