Gene Healy on Homeland Security’s Move to an Insane Asylum

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) is working on the biggest federal construction
project since the Pentagon. The project–featuring amenities like
eco-friendly “rainwater toilets” and sustainable Brazilian hardwood
decking–is running at least a decade late and over a billion
dollars short. Gene Healy notes that move will put DHS on the site
of an old insane asylum and suggests it’s fitting for the
ever-growing monstrosity of the department.

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