I have a 3rd party app that I suspect is behaving badly (actually, I'm about 99.9% sure it is). When I save changes to the database, it executes what should be (as near as I can tell) about 20 SQL ...

Jon Chait has written a devastating indictment of the emptiness of much of what passes for "centrism" these days, particularly in the U.S. Senate. He makes two essential points: first, "compromise" ...