The news

My parents have Fox News on in the other room. They're talking about the 'sloppy journalism' of the mainstream media for "its" glowing-- no pun intended--coverage of the President Elect's pectorals. Apparently, sloppy journalism isn't a problem when the subject is governance.

Speaking of governance, there's a lot of good stuff here, but here are my favorite parts:

Foulke quickly acquired a reputation inside the Labor Department as a man who literally fell asleep on the job: Eyewitnesses said they saw him suddenly doze off at staff meetings, during teleconferences, in one-on-one briefings, at retreats involving senior deputies, on the dais at a conference in Europe, at an award ceremony for a corporation and during an interview with a candidate for deputy regional administrator.

"This is critical," Foulke said, "to the company." He paused briefly before clarifying, "to the country." Foulke resigned Nov. 9 and the next day began work at an Atlanta law firm that represents companies accused of workplace safety violations.

Also, check out Richard Cohen's column.