re: "Anatomy of Congressional Narcissism"

Victor Davis Hanson at Private Papers ("He flits across the stage a transient and embarrassed phantom.") takes congressional egos to task.

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"Neronian overseas junkets are redundant — we already pay billions for State Department and military officials to be the government’s frontline eyes and ears abroad."

Yes, we do. And said officials send lots of facts back to Washington, D.C., where members of Congress can find them much more easily.