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The Deadly Story of the U.S. Civil Service
When James Garfield won the Presidency in 1880, Charles Guiteau got ready to accept his new government job. No one had actually offered him a job – but he'd cam…
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on the Spoils of War
There is a fascinating and depressing positive correlation between the reputation of an American president and the number of people dying in wars while that pre…
