Bernie as Boss.

Did you catch the chilling part in the Post piece on the appointment of former NYC police commissioner Bernard Kerik to replace Tom Ridge at Homeland Security? "A high-ranking business executive who is familiar with Kerik's tenure as police commissioner and as head trainer of Iraqi police recruits expressed shock at his selection, and said Kerik is not an accomplished manager. 'Management just simply isn't his strong suit,' the executive said." Of course, management ability is rarely much of a factor in appointments, and in Washington, inexperience and unfamiliarity with a department's operations is, as always, viewed as a plus. "The last thing you need in that job is a bureaucrat," Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., told the New York Times. "You need someone who's going to go into the bureaucracy and shake it up."