We Laugh, They Rule

No columnist's cleverness could do justice to the absurdity of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's opening prayer for the 117th Congress on Sunday. Cleaver, a Methodist pastor, closed his prayer for national peace "in the name of the monotheistic God, Brahma, and 'God' known by many names by many different faiths. Amen and awoman." No doubt the assembled members afterward went to work on awomendments to important bills.