Score One for Bureaucracy

My Atlantic colleague Matthew Yglesias on his visit to a Washington Social Security office to secure a new card:

Service at the Social Security Administration office at 2100 M Street was very prompt. I'd sort of been expecting an interminable wait during which I could make a serious dent in The Conscience of a Liberal but my number got called almost as soon as I was finished filling out the brief form. The employees working at the office were polite and helpful. Bureaucracy works!