What makes Washington tick?

I have a proposal to make. I want to give a million dollars to the man or woman who can explain what makes Washington tick. I write about the upside down universe of D.C. politics. There’s never a shortage of things to skewer. D.C. is the most dysfunctional place in America, maybe the world. That million dollars will only be awarded if the man or woman who takes the challenge can explain to our liking exactly how things got so screwed up in the Capital. And the million will be awarded only if some super rich donor comes along and is willing to give me the big bucks so that I can pass it on to the worthy winner. All right, so all of the stuff you’ve just read it baloney, nonsense, untrue. There is no billion, there will be no million. I just made it all up, out of thin air.

Just like all the stuff you read about Washington and it’s pols. Wouldn’t it be nice if, just for one day, everything about the workings of D.C. became super transparent? If we were able to really understand the way the mechanisms work? If the politicians on Capital Hill acted like the grownups the nation so desperately needs?

Dream on. And don’t cash that million dollar check. It ain’t coming...