Walter M. Shaub Jr.

‘Acts of Submission’

An open letter to the director of the Office of Government Ethics.

The Return of Trump—II

On Gaza, trade, con men, sinking feelings, the federal workforce, and “Brexit plus plus plus.”

The Corruption Playbook

Donald Trump’s plan to destroy civil service protections if reelected is more than an employees’ rights issue. What’s at stake is democracy itself.

The Presidential Transition Meets Murphy’s Law

One senior official is charged with ensuring a peaceful transfer of power when there is an apparent election winner. The Trump appointee is jeopardizing all that.

Ransacking the Republic

Trump and his Republican wrecking crew are ripping out the floorboards under the government ethics program.