The Pentagon is actually seriously taking an axe to it’s own programs, including limiting the number of fifth-generation fighters on which land forces depend to maintain air superiority. Yes, they’re expensive, but so are defeat and death. I second the Ad Council, buying expensive air time for slickly produced reminders to be a good Dad, go to the library, get your colonoscopy, and how to tell if your friend is depressed. We can’t afford these inane luxuries. Other domestic agencies, which

As Mitch Daniels has said, “You’d be amazed by the amount of government you never miss.”