I'm neither an American nor a Conservative, but this article in American Conservative is must reading for anyone who wants to think about what's happening in Washington today.

Composed to show how easy it is to compose a sonnet, this was penned in a few minutes.
While oft we open windows in our house
And suffer from a broken hinge or rail
How greater vex'd when with computer mouse
We try to open Windows, and we fail!
And yet our tribute still we send to Gates
Who …