Remember how the sequester was going to force the federal government to slash vital services? Not only didn't it happen, but the Labor Department's Women's Bureau is still in operation. As its acting director, Latifa Lyles, explains in a blog post, the bureau was established in the year of Helen Thomas's birth to "promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency and advance their opportunities for profitable employment."

If you thought that mission was accomplished...