Check out the new page: A Vision. It's my attempt to look into the crystal ball. A combination of science fiction and cost & risk management, this is what self-imposed austerity looks like. This is how we shrink government, relieve tax pressure, and reduce public debt from the inside out. We must do it ourselves -- no politician can do it for us. This is government for the people, by the people. This is sustainability. This is how we reform our health-care system, rein in its costs and improve access to it. This is how we stimulate engineers to design better systems, better apparatus, and finally maybe even a universal airpack fitting. This is how we stop complaining about our youth and start employing their strengths. This is what strategic organizational re-engineering is all about. This is service ethic in practice: self-sacrifice that trades jobs, not lives, for the public good. This is how we’ll stop being two centuries of tradition unimpeded by progress and start moving a proud service forward in keeping with its best traditions.