Ineptitude as an Art and a Science

The Washington Post had the audacity to run this opinion column today by Mark Brzezinski. Brzezinski is a biased subject-matter expert, not a resident Post columnist, so it's actually a decent article that centers mostly around the problem of bribery and other shady business practices in developing nations. It is a problem worth examining, but Brzezinski foolishly believes that cracking down on the bribers (mostly American corporations) will be a more fruitful effort than encouraging responsible governance in the third world. That is not, however, my issue with the article.

I highlight this article because a mere 12(ish) hours before this piece went to press, President Obama refused to answer a question about the Sestak allegations of bribery. Democratic candidate for the US Senate from Pennsylvania Joe Sestak has said repeatedly that the Administration offered him a high-level appointment within the administration (it's widely speculated that the position was Secretary of the Navy) in exchange for withdrawing his primary challenge from incumbent Democratic Senator Arlen Specter. If Sestak's allegations are true, someone high up at the White House has committed a felony.