It is a grave and serious examination by John Harwood as he traces back the perceived incivility today in Washington to the obstinate actions of GOP leaders in Congress. Harwood references an article from 2012, written by Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein, that supposedly exposes the Republicans of being "an apocalyptic cult," to put things mildly and absent of all melodrama. "Their conclusions – that the GOP had become 'ideologically extreme, scornful of compromise, unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science, dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.'" Sounds harsh, to be sure. But here is where it is rather telling. In order to find this example of extreme partisan obstinance in Congress, Harwood had to reach back nearly a decade, meaning he had to overlook the behavior and actions witnessed in 2020. It is a curious choice, because if one is to be bothered by a single party working to oppose all it can as far as legislation is concerned – acting "scornful of compromise," as it were – Harwood might have found a better example in the Democrats setting a record for the most times the filibuster was used to stop legislation. They employed that tactic 327 times...last year.