Something Else D.C.

More on the Greeks. They believed that the polis, the city, had an intimate relationship with the individual: good laws, good citizen, bad laws, bad citizen. (This is opposed to the Enlightenment idea of the citizen subject to natural laws where the citizen had to be controlled, the general drift of western europe and America, although the American Constitution had high hopes of the individual potential with most of the mischief originating in the government.) But there was more than esprit in the Greek view; the state was constructive. Looking at this mess in Washington made by these pirates and morons, it is hard to imagine how they thought. Worse, if they are right, the citizen in this country is going to have a terrible downturn.

We should change the name of Washington to something else until some real leaders emerge. Actually, that is my new campaign. Change the name of Washington D.C. to Something Else D.C. until we get good, responsible leaders who put the state and the people first. Then we'll change it back.