Ode to Civil Service
Civil Service is such an innocuous term. It sounds like it could represent a myriad of different things none of them having anything to to do with being an anonymous government employee. In reality it is a time honored term to represent those that give their lives and careers to government in a belief that it has a role to play in society. These days the very guardians of our Civil Service seem neither civil nor dedicated toward service. Instead of dignity and courtesy we are treated to a barrage of indignity and down right insolence. Esteemed former Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, "The central conservative truth about politics is that it is culture not politics that determines the fate of society. The central liberal truth is that politics can help change a culture and save it from itself." While Senator Moynihan does a brilliant job of phrasing the philosophical clash of ideals between liberals and conservatives at its heart is an underpaid and often