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Donald Devine

Donald Devine

Donald Devine is Senior Scholar at The Fund for American Studies in Washington, D.C. He served as President Ronald Reagan’s civil service director during the president's first term in office. A former professor, he is the author of 10 books, including his two most recent, The Enduring Tension: Capitalism and the Moral Order and Ronald Reagan’s Enduring Principles, and is a frequent contributor to The American Spectator.
by | May 26, 2023

Government Executive public administration expert Donald F. Kettl has recently come to the painful conclusion that the conservative Heritage Foundation’s…

by | Apr 18, 2023

Just about everyone these days believes that the political Right is in disarray. It does not know what it is…

by | Mar 20, 2023

One would think we could all agree that foreign spies and domestic crooks are not good for government employment and…

by | Feb 22, 2023

Don’t be confused by the latest numbers. Smart forecasters still predict a deep recession. Brian S. Wesbury and Robert Stein…

by | Jan 27, 2023

The Tafts By George W. Liebmann (Twelve Tables Press, 432 pages, $29) Which is America’s longest-lived influential political dynasty? Author…

by | Dec 21, 2022

Hyrum Lewis, a history professor at Brigham Young University-Idaho, makes a thought-provoking argument in the Wall Street Journal. He contends…

by | Nov 28, 2022

We normally think of bureaucracies as those dull gray buildings in Washington, D.C., full of career civil servants pursuing the…

by | Oct 28, 2022

“You say the present U.S. regulatory system is broken and that at best the ‘practical’ solutions offered today might make…

by | Sep 24, 2022

The top news story in Washington and with big media nationwide is that the multi-billion dollar mis-named Inflation Reduction Act…

by | Aug 18, 2022

Most of my political friends are proud to tell me that they do not read the Washington Post any longer, ever…

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