Fairfax, VA, USA. The essence of America and what we can bring to the world lies before us, but you wouldn’t know it from the behavior of Democrats and Republicans. The two great engines of our political will ignore the public interest, burnish their own self-indulgent resumes, and facilitate the downward spiral of our expectations.

The American political parties are demonstrably ineffective, but worse, are impediments to effective governance.

Fairfax, VA, USA. Ashley Love is the latest in a long line of personal targets identified by Autumn Sandeen for deconstruction, serving no purpose other than fuel for Sandeen’s perpetual self-aggrandizement.

I have nothing personal against Autumn Sandeen, but she has become an intolerable burden that saps the energy of serious people striving toward real progress in basic civil rights and the relief of those who need our help. Increasing numbers of people who care about those born with the transsexual medical condition, who strive toward hormonal reconstitution and surgical correction, have long recognized that she is well past her shelf life.

Note an important difference between these two people: Ashley Love devotes herself to the service of others while Autumn Sandeen serves only herself. While Ashley takes setbacks as challenges to try harder, Sandeen mouths the seemingly proper and politically correct social slogans while ensuring the media spotlight is on her.