Less than an hour ago I expressed what I hope is a healthy dose of cynicism toward the political process and the people who play the game, fused with unabashed optimism about our nation’s form of government.

Friends tell me the beliefs are conflicting and are impossible to reconcile. To them, I say, “Yeah. Try LIVIN inside this head.”

After running across this link to Forbes from The Drudge Report, I’m back to being cynical. How is it that JUDGE JUDY is worth more than ALLLLL of our sitting Supreme Court Justices COMBINED??? I mean, is that GOOD? Guarantee the poorest Justice could buy and sell me and mine before noon tomorrow…