TRYING TIMES
<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3976745055486891 As a great American, who happened to be British, said “These are the times that try men's souls” – a quote from Thomas Paine's The American Crisis pamphlet series. (December 1776) Indeed. A more politically appropriate phrase now would be …’ Try One’s Soul’ Nonetheless, the same rings true today. Paine wrote the phrase in a pamphlet entitled ‘American Crisis’. Today’s American Crises is Donald Trump, and his completely willing and enthusiastic co-conspirator, Elon Musk: Musk’s Trump-Approved Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is not a Real Government Agency just because Musk and Trump say it is. A Real Government Agency is Authorized and Funded by the U.S. Congress, a step DOGE has not undergone. ‘…there is no precedent for someone who is not a full-time employee to have such ability to reshape the federal work force. NYT 2/3/25 https://www.nytime...