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In 1963, political theorist Hannah Arendt observed something terrifying at the trial of Adolf Eichmann: that one of the ...

Max Weber is considered a pioneer of the rationalist trend in the second half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. His full ...

Director of the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, Jorrit de Jong, explains how governments and other ...

WADENA — Owner Tom Weber has worked at Weber’s Wadena Hardware Co. his entire life. And now the downtown establishment is celebrating 110 years in business. “My kids both have worked here. I've had ...

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Elon Musk’s cost-cutting group dropped its total purported savings from eliminating federal office space after losing some battles within the Trump administration. By David A. Fahrenthold ...

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German politician Manfred Weber will run unopposed for another three-year term atop Europe’s largest and most powerful faction, the center-right European People’s Party. It’s a decisive victory for ...

Marked with the administrative details of government, the tablets have illuminated the complicated bureaucracy of an ancient Mesopotamian civilization. The tablets were discovered in the Sumerian ...

Modi’s ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’ slogan was meant to reduce bureaucratic discretion. Unfortunately, the reality has been the opposite. The bureaucracy is back in control—and how. This ...

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