It is wise to stay out of politics and stick to public policy analysis. Not only does it help your affiliates retain their 501(c)(3) status, and not only does it help you feel like you don’t need a bath for wallowing in character assassinations . . .

The front page of today’s online edition of The Tryon Daily Bulletin, at least as I type, sports an LTE entitled, “Dehumanizing Trend of Modern Politics.” Below it is a photo of a bunch of goats.