January 25, 2025

Reader, suppose you were an idiot; and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

Kim Campbell, the first female prime minister of Canada, was right when she said a 47-day-long election campaign (Imagine a campaign of only 47 days!) was not enough time to reconsider the nation’s social programs. But she was wrong to say so.

…the best is often unattainable, and therefore the true legislator and statesman ought to be acquainted