Iran's strategy, apparently, is to block the straits by having its entire navy sunk by the U.S. and its allies.

Oh, come on. The Hawaii "Certificate of Live Birth" has more information on it - including signatures of doctors and parents - that the "Certification" of Live Birth that is available as a computer record, lacks. The problem with relying on the "Certification of Live Birth" - despite its printed notice that it can be used for all legal purposes - is that Hawaii statutes (HRS §§338-15, 338-29.5) permit a "person’s parent, guardian, next of kin, or older person acting for that person and having knowledge of the facts of birth" to "request the registration of a late certificate of birth...." In other words, a Hawaii Certification of Live Birth can be had by a mother, relative, or other person simply swearing that the birth occurred in...

I love the unique irony wherein an organization that includes "Religious Freedom" as its "middle name" seems to trample on the idea that an evangelical should be allowed to speak to cadets; and to demand that the Superintendent who would allow such freedom to address one's religious beliefs, to be fired. Mikey Weinstein is a hypocrite who, despite graduating from the Air Force Academy and law school, failed to learn the meaning of the Constitution. They taught it when I was at USAFA, and in the law school I graduated from as well.

The article pretty much nails it insofar as what I observed during 11 years of non-union federal employment. Besides providing office space, some agencies also provided computers and network access within the agency. Given that I never saw a union official who cared a whit about the agency's mission, but only about feathering their own nest or supporting an employee whose attitude or performance (or both) would get them fired immediately in the private sector, I would be most disgusted to see union placed in any position to infringe on management's duties and responsibilities. But then, the current Administration sold out to the unions long ago.

If one looked very hard, I suppose one could find a few of the Senior Executive salary and bonus levels mentioned by the author.

However, as a GS-15 in D.C. my salary was $120K per year and bonuses were between $1500 and 2500 per year. A staff consisting of myself and two GS-14 attorneys (all of us holding Doctorates, as attorneys must) defended our agency from claims totaling up to $30 million per year, for a total cost of under $400,000 per year, including benefits and bonuses. Our losses in court cases (including settlements) averaged under $10,000 per year.

By contrast, our private sector counterparts of similar experience, whom we beat in court on a regular basis (over 95% of the time) were bringing home $300K to...