I don’t have much to touch on this week other than to comment that over the last year or so, this blog has been flooded with thousands of spam comments, mostly of Russian origin, posting nonsense adds or propaganda. I have to approve every single comment, so none of them make it to the comment
Being a government employee comes with plenty of stereotypes—job security, decent benefits, stable pay. But if you’ve ever actually worked for the federal government, you know that “stability” is a fragile illusion (this year more than ever). Nothing makes that clearer than a government shutdown, which always seems to be looming over our heads. On
