Megan McArdle, Columnist

Don't Tune Out 'What About?'

Maybe you actually are being hypocritical. Cop to it. Learn from it. Get back on topic.

But what about her emails? But what about his sexual history?

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Last week, as you may have noticed, Republicans passed a tax bill. As you may also have noticed, Democrats were aghast. Passing a bill like that on straight party lines! Using a parliamentary maneuver to push through something that could never have survived a filibuster! How could Republicans be so brazen, so immoral, so fiscally irresponsible?

Those of us who remembered saying many of the same things during the passage of Obamacare had to beg them to stop. I mean, we could have been seriously hurt, laughing that hard.