Good column but I want to go further. It is us, the citizens, who are to blame for what we have allowed from our politicians. So many, from both sides of the aisle,  do not really bother to do their own research. Oh I know, most of you will say "well I do" but the problem with that is research needs to be done outside of just reading or listening to biased sites or talking heads. Look right here on this papers site, if someone shares an opinion from a source not slanted towards one side  the other side attacks the source without critically thinking about the point being made.