Holman Jenkins discusses problems with the air traffic control (ATC) system today in the Wall Street Journal. He mentions failures stemming from government ownership, something I’ve documented with many federal activities. If activities such ATC and postal services can be supported by private revenues, they should be privatized.

Private businesses fail all the time—everything from Silicon Valley Bank to neighborhood restaurants. They should be allowed to fail, and they will be replaced by better‐​run enterprises. The problem with government is that the failings are continual but the agencies are not replaced and rarely reformed. …

There are many types of government failure and many advantages of privatizing government services. We need more columnists and news services focused on federal bureaucratic failure. With the government growing 40 percent in the past four years, it is a target‐​rich environment.