Philadelphia Inquirer – August 8, 2011

Americans love to sound off about the shortcomings of our government. Thanks to the First Amendment, we’re allowed to. We have the right to air our opinions and to criticize the system. We don’t have the right to get results. And that’s a good thing.

When legislative attempts to solve problems go nowhere, many of us pull at our hair, call Washington dysfunctional, and bemoan the lack of “political will.” But that’s the beauty of checks and balances. We live in a huge, heterogeneous republic. We don’t get exactly what we want, and neither do they, whoever “they” may be. Continue reading “Gridlock is good: Washington paralysis only mirrors our own”