{"id":9620,"date":"2016-11-21T08:47:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T16:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=9620"},"modified":"2016-11-21T08:47:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T16:47:53","slug":"the-appointment-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/the-appointment-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Appointment Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Corner<\/div>\n<div>The one and only<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0by Victor Davis Hanson\/\/ <em>National Review<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0Everyone is playing the \u201cwhat if\u201d recommendation game. For what little they would be worth in an ideal world, here would be four of my slightly unorthodox recommendations:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>First, Larry Arnn, Hillsdale College president, for secretary of education. No one, for obvious reasons, understands better how that department works or does not work, or is more familiar with ways of saving kindergarten through graduate education, or is a greater protector of constitutional principles.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Marine general James Mattis would be a unique secretary of defense. He is apolitical, a widely read Jacksonian, blunt, and combative; he has a wealth of experience, especially in the Middle East, and is highly respected abroad and at home. It is no exaggeration that he is acknowledged as America\u2019s most admired retired soldier.<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There could not be a better director of the National Endowment for the Humanities (or Arts\u2014or both!) than Roger Hertog, New York philanthropist and patron of the arts, National Humanities Medal winner, classical conservative, student of literature and history, and a gentleman with strong constitutional views and fearlessness in expressing them.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>One of the challenges of the Trump plan of economic stimulus, tax cuts, and deregulation will be mastery of knowledge of interest rates and threats from the $20 trillion national debt, given the dangers of incurring further borrowing at spiked interest rates. John Taylor (a colleague at the Hoover Institution) would be a wonderful pro-growth, but circumspect, Treasury secretary (had he been elevated to secretary in the Bush second term it would have likely dealt far better, both fiscally and in the public\u2019s perception, with the meltdown of September 2008 and what followed). It is odd so far that in the media his name is not the most prominent among those mentioned for this key post, as the Trump economy will mark a sharp departure from the Obama overregulated, low-growth, highly taxed, deflationary, and deficit-ridden economy \u2014 and thus the need for an experienced hand as we shift gears.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I would assume that all, if they were willing to serve, would be quickly confirmed, remain mavericks, bring honor and respect for President-elect Trump\u2019s judgement, and I think win widespread public approval while representing business not as usual.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Corner The one and only \u00a0by Victor Davis Hanson\/\/ National Review \u00a0Everyone is playing the \u201cwhat if\u201d recommendation game. For what little they would be worth in an ideal world, here would be four of my slightly unorthodox recommendations: First, Larry Arnn, Hillsdale College president, for secretary of education. No one, for obvious reasons, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1092,1090,31,571,285],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-2va","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9674,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/has-trump-nominated-too-many-military-leaders-or-not-enough\/","url_meta":{"origin":9620,"position":0},"title":"Has Trump Nominated Too Many Military Leaders\u2014Or Not Enough?","author":"Megan Ring","date":"December 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0By Victor Davis Hanson\/\/ National Review Choosing military men for top cabinet spots is not unprecedented, nor is it foolish given how Washington insiders have performed. 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