Cal Thomas on the C Street shuffle:
The house on C Street in Washington D.C. referenced by Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina in his stream of consciousness confession of adultery on Wednesday bears no relation to the infamous “little green house on K Street” visited by President Warren Harding and members of his “Ohio gang” for activities that remain shrouded in speculation and innuendo, including unproven charges of sexual orgies.
By contrast, the house on C Street, which was the subject of a front page story in Friday’s Washington Post, has for some years been a gathering place for men and women of differing political persuasions to build relationships across lines that might otherwise divide them based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.
[…]I am told that the few Members of Congress who choose to make the house their temporary residence while in Washington pay an amount of money that would approximate what they would pay if they had rented a similar building in the area. There is no lobbying by people who seek the members’ influence, so far as I know.
I think he doth protest too much.
This is just the kind of piece that’s going to help Jon Meacham lure well-educated, high-information readers back to Newsweek, by the way.