Dear Editor: Addiction & Politics

Dear Editor,

I broach this subject very carefully, with a bit of hesitation and more than a bit of consternation, because it is a rather touchy one! Addiction! Of late, there has been a lot of talk going around having to do with another touchy subject, Politics. This is one of the two subjects, alongside of Religion, that one should NEVER talk about in bars. Both of these subjects, by the way, are VERY closely related, but that may be a subject for another day.

Addiction; it would seem almost that certain parts of society today have an addiction, not just with politics in general, but in p...