Some lies have consequences; others do not.  No real political consequence resulted from the declaration of a well known politician on TV on January 26, 1998, that "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Monica Lewinsky.  I never told anybody to lie, not a single time, never."  It took six months before the manifest admission that indeed "I did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate.  I misled people.  It is time, past time to move on."  The problem in American politics is that the time for dealing with sexual hypocrisy and moving on is taking more time than warranted. The latest case came to a head on December 7, 2017.  After a number of allegations of sexual harassment and mistreatment of women, without admission of responsibility, and under pressure from most of his Senate colleagues, Senator Al Franken announced his somewhat equivocal decision to resign "in the coming...(Read Full Article)