Tom Temin Commentary
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While you can make some comparisons, The F-35-as-Edsel is an imperfect analogy. And not a particularly useful one.
February 16, 2016 -
My first thought on seeing the news on my smartphone with near-simultaneous alerts from four major news organizations: Oh, here comes another ugly battle in Washington.
February 15, 2016 -
The discovery demonstrates the ability of government to advance basic research by committing grants to responsible people.
February 12, 2016 -
The U.S. military strategy for the current world: Take a given-sized ball of dough and stretch it into a wider but thinner pie crust.
February 10, 2016 -
Banged-up cars and seizing ship engines. A slice of federal programs isn't going as planned.
February 08, 2016 -
An incident in the TSA's Las Vegas "Pre store" shows data sharing and database matching don't always align the way they should.
February 08, 2016 -
If the White House vetted and hired Ashkan Soltani, it could not have known or expected his security clearance would not come through.
February 05, 2016 -
Indiana avoided $80 million in what the feds would call improper payments, and now the crooked filers are moving on.
February 04, 2016 -
FBI Director Jim Comey should drive out to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency campus on the outskirts of Fort Belvoir.
February 01, 2016 -
'Midshippie' does have a hip sort of ring, can be spoken or sung, and it would sound perfect if shouted out by a drill instructor at a cadet (cadette?).
January 27, 2016 -
Using a particular BPA might help the governmentwide picture, but it won't necessarily help individual agencies manage their own expenses.
January 26, 2016 -
The great CEOs of American history make up a ceaselessly fascinating bunch. Movies, though, not so much.
January 26, 2016 -
A Region 5 email reads like CYA, not someone with the power to do something, jumping in and helping with the real problem.
January 22, 2016 -
Fear of asteroids can conjures up snickers, like worries of a spaceship veering in on the National Mall. In reality, asteroids whack at the Earth regularly.
January 21, 2016 -
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has ordered the service, including the Marine Corps, to review all job or rank titles with the aim of removing "man" as a descriptor syllable.
January 20, 2016