Hysteria might be my least favorite human mental state. I hate watching people freak out over wildly exaggerated or imaginary dangers: nuclear energy, climate catastrophe, and now data centers. Not to mention that virus "pandemic". Once collective fear takes hold, reason goes out the window.

The hysteria over the unsurprising resent decisions of the Roberts Court shines a light on the real problem facing America today. Of the three branches of government, we currently have an activist Judiciary, a powerful Executive, but a flat tire when it comes to the Legislative branch. Birthright citizenship, for example, was not expected to be overturned by the Supreme Court. Congress could easily establish common sense legislation that would define more clearly the original purpose and boundaries intended by the 14th Amendment. That would, however, require John Thune to act like an American statesman rather than a RINO hack, so there is, as usual, no hope. As long as the pansy-ass Republicans mince around the halls of Congress, we are doomed.