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If you've turned on any TV news channel today my guess is that you saw experts talking about the meaning of the Iowa caucuses. I watched more of that than I intended to, and discovered that the single best assessment did not come from one of the glamorous talking heads, but from a former congressman who is going to be ninety years old this summer. When the results of the Republican race were known, good old John Dingell sent out this tweet: "Congratulations to Ted Cruz on winning the...

I was thinking yesterday that I ought to apply for the job of general manager of the Detroit Lions. Now, it is true that I don't know anything about football, and have no background whatsoever in the sport. And actually, I don't like football. But I've had some minor success at other things – I've been told I'm a fairly bright guy. I know how to write and teach and run my mouth, and so I was thinking – I could do this. Well, I'm kidding. Though I am a little tempted, since the job probably...