Have you tried turning Washington on and off again?
Opinion: A shutdown is the inevitable consequence of a government not permitted to compromise, surrounded by a media machine that will kill itself and the country to get a headline.
Washington has weathered 18 government “shutdowns” since the passage of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. They normally last two or three days but, since the mid-1990s, they have lasted a month or longer. And yet, nothing changes. What gives?
While you ponder why China’s government can only
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Have you tried turning Washington on and off again?
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