“The Prez Doth cut a Goodly Figure…”

When we talk politics at home, in a bar, or at a party—that is, wherever there are no bulbs flashing or cameras rolling—there’s at least a good chance we’ll speculate, “Will the Democrats/Republicans raise/lower taxes and the Congress vote in/out a jobs program?” But it’s disturbing that more and more the media in their coverage, and the casual commentary of citizens when mikes are thrust before them, tend to sound like the appreciative judgment of a courtier...