In a responsible republic, citizens must be participatory in choosing and carefully watching their chosen leaders. Without the fear of retaliation from the governed, those leaders feel emboldened to abuse the public trust. When citizens let their guard down and a holder of elective office abuses the power given them, we should rightfully run them [...]

There has been somewhat of a furor lately over ACORN amongst Republicans and their far-right allies. They’ve been doing their darnedest to both paint the organization as a corrupt gang of criminals and tie that organization to the Democratic Party. It sounds like crazy and it is, but it is a familiar kind of crazy. [...]