Patronage

September 21, 2003	The government of Afghanistan was trying to explain why the homes of 30 families in Kabul were being demolished to build new houses for government officials.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: New York Times
September 7, 2003	and a new study found that the federal workforce is at its highest level (12.1 million) since the Cold War.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: Houston Chronicle
December 10, 2002	President Bush decided to restore a patronage system created by his father and eliminated by Bill Clinton that permits federal agencies to give political appointees large cash bonuses.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge

December 2009

THE GENERAL ELECTRIC SUPERFRAUD
Why the Hudson River Will Never Run Clean
By David Gargill

THE MASTER OF SPIN BOLDAK
Undercover with Afghanistan’s Drug-Trafficking Border Police
By Matthieu Aikins

MERMAID FEVER
A story by Steven Millhauser

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