Earlier this week I was on Newsmax TV discussing the situation in the Ukraine and our new cover story “The Big Lobotomy: How Republicans Made Congress Stupid.” Did the interview via Skype. Note to self: next time put your laptop on a higher surface so viewers are spared having to look up your nostrils.

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Paul Glastris is Editor in Chief of the Washington Monthly, founder of the magazine’s alternative college rankings, and president of the Washington Monthly Institute. He was previously a speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and a correspondent and...