The National Interest reports that the House Republicans have decided to boycott the pope's speech because it concerns climate change. It was February of 2015 when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Congress.  To protest his invitation (without White House approval), the Democrats boycotted.  Didn't the Republicans rail about the Democrats' boycott?  It was disrespectful, unseemly, yada, yada, yada.  So here we are in September, and the Republicans are going to boycott the pope's speech.  This is wrong on so many levels.  First, it's hypocritical.  How can the Republicans complain when the Democrats boycott a speech and then turn around, in the same year, and do the same thing to another important leader?  Second, it's insulting.  The pope is the leader of the Catholic Church.  Regardless of what you think about what he says, he is very important to many Catholics.  It is extremely...(Read Full Post)