Two Good Reasons Why Government Generally Doesn't Work

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate spent 11 hours listening to overpaid entertainers talk about whether or not they used illegal steroids to enhance their performance and what Major League Baseball intends to do about it. Only one Senator (Bernie Sanders, (I)-Vermont) asked the question that should've been asked: "Don't we have more important issues on which to focus?"

In the Texas legislature, a bill was introduced that will effectively put an end to high school cheerleaders doing "suggestive" dance moves and will remove funding from school districts in which violations occur. The state legislator introduced the bill after seeing a high school basketball game in his district.

I can't imagine either of those need more comment.