Just a short while ago, as
But now, not so much.
What happened to curiosity, anyway?
Curiosity and the pursuit of sunlight were once virtues, whether over presidents waging war by using misleading intelligence estimates of weapons of mass destruction or spymasters engaged in surveillance of the cellphones of Americans in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
We were told that curiosity wasn't only a right, but an obligation of a free people.
But now, obviously, curiosity threatens the Democratic pursuit of Trump. And curiosity is just not a thing anymore.
When special counsel
Many conservatives believed, then and now, in the power of sunlight. Liberals too. Without sunshine, apples and bananas and even a republic can go bad and begin to smell. Like bacteria, cynicism grows in a moist swamp. And such cynicism leads to infection, threatening our republic and our liberty.
So, I welcomed the Mueller probe as a disinfectant. I wasn't alone. Many said the same thing. Americans deserved to know.
And after years of investigation and tens of millions of dollars spent and scads of witnesses and bushels of documents subpoenaed, Mueller determined that Trump and other Americans did not conspire with
Yes,
But Mueller found there was no collusion, hence no crime of conspiracy with
The Democratic controlled House moves forward on investigating Trump, with the possibility of impeachment an aid to fundraising. They can't forgive him for the sin of defeating
Meanwhile,
When Trump authorized the attorney general to investigate the root of the
On
"While Trump stonewalls the public from learning the truth about his obstruction of justice, Trump and Barr conspire to weaponize law enforcement and classified information against their political enemies," Schiff said. "The cover-up has entered a new and dangerous phase. This is un-American."
Sunshine is conspiracy? Transparency in federal investigations is "un-American?" Ridiculous. An idiotic parrot chewing on its own toes and demanding crackers has more sense. And just who weaponized law enforcement
I am not saying any crime occurred, nor that any conspiracy was hatched and then flown like a raptor to take Trump down. It smells, yes, but we don't know. Let's allow sunshine and find out. Isn't anyone curious?
Barr has assigned John.
Already there is indication that some players have begun pointing fingers at each other in panic, just like a few sweaty
In
There was that weird
In her strange email to herself, Rice noted that Obama said everything should be done "by the book."
By the book, really? Who talks like that? Someone covering their behinds?
It's the kind of thing that would send a tingle up a detective's leg, perhaps even a
Isn't the Democratic left the least bit curious?
Or has partisan politics allowed them to forget that in the darkness, an apple can quickly become rotten, just like a banana.
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John Kass is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune who also hosts a radio show on WLS-AM.