Abandoning traditions of responsibility and civility won the GOP control of both houses of Congress in 1994. Rejecting any compromise brought Republicans the perks and power of majority control for the first time in 40 years. Thus did the politics of total resistance become their path of least resistance.

I think part of the reason anyone goes into journalism is to get a response to what they write.

Within half an hour of posting a piece on 'Slate,' I get a direct, often hostile and personal, response from readers.

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