Many Congressional players seem to have created a self-perpetuating lampoon of themselves. If only they were actually funny instead of ineffectual knuckle-dragging panderers trolling for votes from an electorate that mistakes mind-numbing rhetoric for substance. Republicans have perfected the ability to infect the national debate of their choosing with twisted logic and false information and [...]

Why do politicians get in so much trouble often over silly things but get away with lying through their teeth about really important stuff – – apparently, because they think they can engage in whatever behavior suits them because power is its own reward.
The thing about recent incidents and those that regaled us in the [...]

There’s something peculiar about the way national issues are framed these days. In some cases it’s how questions are posed; at other times it’s the choice of material the opposition chooses to brandish in its barrage of talking points – – “Obamacare” instead of ‘health-care.’ Perhaps Democrats should have pushed the phrase, “Bushwar” in the [...]

It never seems to fail. Just when you think common sense and rational discourse are about to break out, the demon forces of empty rhetoric and intellectual dishonesty rise up to claim everyone’s attention. The president said as much at the Health Care Summit last week when, after some quite reasonable discussion, Minority Leader Boehner [...]