Czars Tip Off Real Agenda

Jay Ambrose writes this morning that the real question about the czars is not necessarily the number, but whether they have an “adverse impact” on government.

There are other environmental extremists among the Obama czars, as well as people in other administration jobs who, though not technically czars, are of radical outlook. For example, Mark Lloyd, diversity chief at the Federal Communications Commission. He’s a big Hugo Chavez fan and, ominously, given the post he holds, has meager regard for free speech on radio.

Some look at all this and then pounce on Glenn Beck. But Beck isn’t the issue. He’s largely been doing what all major news outlets ought to be doing — scrutinizing presidential appointments and analyzing what they say about the ideological tilt of the White House agenda.

Here’s the column.