From The Wilson Quarterly, Americans love to complain about gridlock in Washington and partisan warfare between presidents and Congress, yet the record suggests that unified party government is no panacea; teaching a hippo to dance: The most brilliant policies will fail if government does not attract talented people and free them to do their best work; William Galston on the five maxims the federal government can follow to regain the public confidence it has lost over the past four decades; and a look at how America’s national security structure is designed to confront the challenges of the last century rather than our own. From Splice Today, an article on the roots of blogging: Literary masters' journals are being reprinted as blog updates, which is perhaps the best way to read them. From VQR, a look

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