Yes, this is a necessary reform.

The experienced politicians have done little to nothing to improve governance or fix the problems that afflict our society. There is little reason to avoid taking a different path with whom we elect.

We live in the stupidest time.

Who is "Elanie" Luria? Editing is a good thing.

I was a registered Democrat for 43 years. Until about a year ago, when I realized how feckless, unprincipled, weak, directionless, and, really, contemptuous of their own base the party is. I went unaffiliated. You should, too.

But the Democrats, predictably, did give up the fight, proving once again that the party has no principles upon which it is willing to stand. "Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" is a perfect description of Democrat spinelessness this weekend.

Their wealthy donors, and the leaders of the corporations that will give them sweet gigs as directors on their boards after they retire, had a problem with the flight slowdowns at airports. They couldn't let the billionaires and corporate execs be mad. That's what they care about.

But Polis is not.

Expecting more than a few Democratic senators to have a backbone or principles has often been shown to be a silly way to think. They will cave. They always do. And the party's leadership has neither principles nor much concern for those who voted for Dem candidates.

This is not news. And it's no one's business whether a politician follows adult entertainers or even adult sex workers online. That is not illegal.

Why are Democrats negotiating with themselves? It's up to Republicans, who run Congress, to compromise. Once they do, then Dems can meet them in the middle somewhere. But you need to force the GOP to bend first. Otherwise you make the same mistake Democrats often do - placating the opposition.

Rough sketch. Yes, AI assisted. But you get the idea.

Is it just me or does that guy literally look like an SS man?

Pelosi should have retired in 2010, after the Democrats lost control of the House in that autumn's election or, better yet, ahead of the Nov. 2010 election. She was an excellent speaker in her first turn at the job and could have set the example that age 70 or so is the right time, always, to leave.

Political conservatism does not equal, and never has equaled, masculinity. That's because being a real man is about things like honesty, compassion, curiosity, ambition, and reliability. It's not about adopting right-wing ideologies. Obviously.

New Gestapo inductees.