Bill and Bill: Failure to understand the egregious public discourse, to the point of dread, mirth and a welcome distraction from our daily grind depending on where we live, is mostly from disbelief that it's actually happening, imposed on the world one way or another.

There's no escape, not even when your admired checks and balances adjudicates your leadership, a country at war with itself will still be there. If I were king, as a liberal I'd put anyone in stocks who stirred the pot in a partisan way while the Constitution is doing its job.