Pop Culture Czars

This is a guest post by Amelia Gruber, one of my editors:

Is anyone else wondering if the writers of the NBC comedy “The Office” have taken a page from the Obama administration? Those of you who watched last night’s episode might have noticed that toward the end, when new boss Charles Minor is restoring order after Michael’s departure, he assigns Stanley to be Dunder Mifflin’s “productivity czar.” Maybe we have been too immersed in federal management issues, but this seems reminiscent of Obama’s new “performance czar” position. We hope, though, that Obama finds somebody who won’t be doing a crossword puzzle when the nomination is announced.