Source: WeeklyStandard.com

Source: WeeklyStandard.com

A little over a century ago, Rep. Frederick Gillett (R-Mass.) read something in the New York Times that vexed him. The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Roads advertised that it was seeking to hire a publicity expert. Gillett could not understand why a government agency needed someone to “advertise” its work…. (Read more at the Weekly Standard)