— On Assholes

Ted Cruz is Not an Asshole

Or, rather, there is a gathering consensus to the contrary, it would seem, as Cruz takes a valiant stand for self-aggrandizement, at the risk of global economic meltdown.  A chorus of critics is emerging, even within the GOP (on the eve of a government shut down and possible failure to raise the debt ceiling).  We shall see if DC politics has exhausted its resources for asshole management, after having largely let them run wild.  Needless to say, it would be nice if the experiment weren’t so enormously consequential, for the country and for the world.  Let us hope and pray…