What would the take-down of Osama bin Laden, one of the most successful-ever U.S. intelligence/military operations, have been like if the government had been in a shutdown mode, running on half power? Or would the dangerous and intense operation, after years in the making, have been postponed while politicians pontificated?...

If you are visiting or entertaining non-federal relatives over Thanksgiving and they start giving you a hard time about being a pointy-headed bureaucrat, have them take this test:

Question: The first person to set foot on the Moon was...

1. A certain dashing, yet self-effacing columnist...

Veterans Day is one of those holidays, Columbus Day being another other, that a lot of American workers don't get. They don't get it in a couple of ways. And that's too bad both for them and for those the day honors.

1. They don't get the day off because...

As a thank-you gift for a job well done in a very tough year, most of the Social Security Administration's 62,000 employees are going to get a bonus holiday: they won't have to come to work on Nov. 26, the Friday after Thanksgiving.

Most federal holidays are now celebrated...

The plan to launch a noon-time terrorist attack or attacks on feds dining in one of D.C.'s posh restaurants is serious and frightening. But it has one tiny flaw:

Somebody didn't do his homework!!!

The author of the frag-a-fed manual clearly has spent more time...