I stood on the bridge; I stood right there on the bridge looking down at the Rio Grande River, and what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a Mexican gentleman who had started himself a ferryboat service.

Inspecting IDs is a waste of time and money, but it's ideal from the bureaucratic point of view because it doesn't solve the problem.

We now know that Nancy Pelosi's Democrats are a bunch of crooked politicians, just like the ones they replaced last November.

Mr. Washington said, "Government is like fire - an uncertain servant and a fearful master," but he missed the essence. At its core, governance boils down to two questions: "Who says?" and "Who pays?"

When Fred threw his hat in the ring on Friday night, Mitt Romney joked that Fred was being too hasty and should wait a few more months to decide. Notwithstanding the rancor, Romney's advice was actually correct.

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton called Social Security "the most successful domestic program in the history of the United States". If that's true, we'd hate to see a failed one.

Leonardo diCaprio says logging is bad for the environment. Environmentalists say we should use more wood. Make up your mind...

Bureaucracies never die, and India's still uses genuine red tape.

The best way of removing bad laws is to enforce them absolutely.

What's more important to the bureaucracy - fighting the war, or keeping the paperwork up to date?