As the scandal over roaches and other problems at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center unfolds, the Army’s surgeon general has been given his marching orders–the third such bigwig to pay for the fiasco with his job. It is bureaucracy run amok. Many politicians are saying it’s time for the government to take over.
Friends, that’s one of the main problems: The government is already running things at Walter Reed and at other facilities charged with treating wounded soldiers. If you want health care with the efficiency of the Post Office and the compassion of the IRS, get the government to do it.
About Stan Guthrie
Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers.
Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's Tell Me More, WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio's New Day Florida. A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
