Whatever you think about budget problems or political clashes, our government has one major problem nobody is talking about.

Members of the president’s Cabinet who head the departments of State, Treasury, Defense, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Energy, Education, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security all get the title of “secretary.”

There’s a certain status that comes with such a title, a force behind saying “I’m the secretary of Education.”

But what about the Justice Department?  The guy with that Cabinet-level position is Attorney General Eric Holder.  Boring.  Ambiguous.  Without gravitas.

How much cooler would he be as Secretary of Justice Eric Holder?  I can’t think of a more forceful line to have on your resume than “Secretary of Justice.”  You pretty much have to drop your voice a few octaves when saying that.

Imagine the boost to morale at the Justice Department.  Right now, their boss is the attorney general.  Under my proposal, they go to work every day under the watch of the secretary of justice.  I discussed this idea with a friend, who said that would be like working for Batman.

Big case involving the U.S. government comes up at the Supreme Court?  Turn on the Justice Signal.

Come on, America.  Let’s make this happen!