Checks and balances are supposed to ward off a spoils system. Can the guardrails hold?

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The epic of Sunjata Keita has become heritage of the entire African continent ...

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“Hereditary states are much less difficult to hold than new states. If such a ruler is ordinarily diligent and competent his government will always be secure.” Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532) ...

Readers worry that fraud may tarnish the field and slow the race for a cure. Also: Charles Blow’s farewell; treatment for ...