Just after Christmas of 1998 I was in New York with drama students to see plays. One of the best shows we saw that trip was Ragtime. I’ll never forget the opening scene -- three groups of people swirling toward each other -- the blacks, the upper class whites, and the immigrants. They spun into the center, spiraling ever tighter, circling each other -- both menacing and inviting, perfectly picturing the social tangle that was turn-of-last-century society. I thought of that show tonight when I was listening to Jonathan Turley decry the precarious state of the union and the need for the three branches of government to balance and patrol each other. As he talked I could just see the judiciary in their black robes, all 535 congressmen and women in their suits, and the president and vice president in their -- well, in their crowns. I hate to admit it, but my mental image featured crowns on the executives. Those three groups are designed to police the...(Read Full Article)