John Walters. If -- besides President Bush -- there's an administration official whose policies failed so miserably during the first term, I'm not aware of them. (Don Rumsfeld might be an acceptable answer.)

No matter, says President Bush, whose staff announced today that Walters is staying on for a second Bush term.

That discouraging news is only exacerbated by the fact the drug war isn't helping us, argues Radley Balko. It's hurting us, writes Christopher Hitchens.