Accountability

Accountability is the fourth Principle of Political Life. All officeholders are accountable, and should be held to be accountable by the voters.

Unfortunately, once again there is a problem. The average voter simply doesn’t know enough about the purview and duties of public officeholders to properly call them to account. See my post on Civics. In order to hold someone accountable, you have to be aware of what he or she is doing. And in this country, and in my state of California, the Press now...