Behold! The virtuous politician!

It seems sad that I can name more lazy, morally bankrupt, cynical and machine politicians than principled ones. The United States, an experiment in running a 21st-century polity with 18th-century structures (and 13th-century science and morality to a great extent) has the benefit of Senator Elizabeth Warren, who scares the right, the misogynists and the corporate sector to death. Here she is attacking the undemocratic Republican government shut-down.

Just enjoy.

How embarrassing: it takes an American to remind us of the Public Good

Every time I see Eric Pickles or Michael Gove going on about reducing the oppressive state, I'm going to play this:



(but remember the Golden Rule of the Internet: never read the comments - especially on the Youtube site).