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Surprised

When Congress struck its tent and quietly stole out of town for the Independence Day recess (its fourth recess of the year) the front pages of the newspapers were filled with heavy, dark headlines about abuses of government power—another government’s (India’s) abuses, for a change. The CIA story was not catching the public’s imagination. And most disorienting of all, Congress had just been the target of a demonstration which demonstrated something other than what the organizers wanted to demonstrate.

About the Author

George F. Will

George F. Will has been a columnist, beginning with National Review, since 1973.

Surprised

When Congress struck its tent and quietly stole out of town for the Independence Day recess (its fourth recess of the year) the front pages of the newspapers were filled with heavy, dark headlines about abuses of government power—another government’s (India’s) abuses, for a change. The CIA story was not catching the public’s imagination. And most disorienting of all, Congress had just been the target of a demonstration which demonstrated something other than what the organizers wanted to demonstrate.