Barbara Tuchman’s classic work, The March to Folly, vividly describes how groups of very smart people can set out on a path that is clearly disastrous. She shows that this folly is not clear as a product of hindsight. ...

It was a nondescript room. A small table, several chairs, some tacky, framed posters on the walls. There were no windows, and only the whir of the ventilation system could be heard. ...

The federal budget process is nothing if not a mess. The thought of bringing the entire government to a screeching halt over an argument about funding a small organization called Planned Parenthood borders on ...