Czar-Crazy!

Last week, Fox News channel's Glenn Beck discussed the concept of federal "czars."

Being the humorous, tongue-in-cheek kind of guy that he is, Beck treated the topic with a great degree of levity- initially.

Seriously, though, he identified some 19 or so "czars" in the current administration. They involve autos, healthcare, cyber security, to name just three.

My question is, why does Wonderboy have a cabinet, if he has all these czars? Are "czars" even constitutional?

After all, cabinet-level administration officials must be confirmed by Congress. "Czars" are not. They only report to the First Rookie.

Thus, they are paid by, but unaccountable to voters.

Is there no proscription involving appointing powerful administrators in the executive branch without the need for Congressional hearings and confirmation?

Especially when these people seem to be more powerful than most cabinet secretaries?

Something seems seriously amiss here. Starting with, as Beck pointed out, referring to these people as "czars," which is decidedly not a good thing at all.