But, if you happen to be passing by the Mount Transfiguration Baptist Church Cemetery in Aiken County down in South Carolina, you might stop by the grave of Frank Wills and say a little prayer for his soul. This weekend is his 40-year anniversary. It belongs to him, and to the three cops — public employees, as they are reckoned in the politics of the moment — who answered his call. Forty years ago this Sunday, they all did their jobs very well. In the 40 years since, as citizens of a self-governing republic, we’ve all done ours very badly.

Charles Pierce has a gutpunch of a post on the legacy of Watergate.

As the New York Times feature “Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend On It” reveals, the only thing that Americans seem to agree on is “the problem” is someone else.

The related chart highlights that the states that gripe the most about “big government spending” are also the ones that consume the most of it.

But this isn’t just another political debate.  This is the defining issue of our time.  This is a make or break moment for the middle class, and all those who are fighting to get into the middle class.  At stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home, and secure their retirement.

I really enjoyed Obama’s speech in Kansas tonight. It seems like such a plain-spoken review of the problems our country is facing that it’s amazing to see how it will be recast as Marxist, unAmerican dogma