"Best Practices" Aren't, Necessarily

I suppose today's thoughts could go in the category "things Americans never tire of doing." The newest business preoccupation to creep into the mainstream (like into your poor child's school) is "best practices." Lately I've been hearing a lot about "best practices" because my wife, the professor, and my son, the teacher, have been invaded by the fear of not performing according to these practices by their colleagues.

The whole discussion reminds me of the 1950 movie (and the book I read...