There’s a great scene in the classic film, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” in which the owner of Swamp Castle describes how he built it. The first two castles sank into the swamp, of course, as castles built on swamps are wont to do, but the third one, by God, stayed up (so far), possibly because it was sitting on the first two sunken castles. Besides the laugh, there’s something to be learned there.... | Continue »

One of the reasons the right wing is so incredibly irritating, and why their policy decisions are generally so bad is precisely because their rank-and-file followers think about everything in black-and-white terms They are largely incapable of thinking in shades of gray. Consider their positions on issues. Taxes are always too high, so tax cuts are always good, while tax increases on anyone are wrong, regardless of ability to pay. Abortion is wrong, so abortion... | Continue »