Eye-opening piece in Friday’s Wall Street Journal.

Headline:

How to Fix a Dysfunctional Senate: Cut 98 Senators

Lede:

WASHINGTON—Apparently the Senate can work quickly after all. You just have to limit it to two senators.

On Thursday, the chamber approved a $600 million border-security bill in 31 minutes, from opening gavel to final passage. While their colleagues were enjoying a summer recess, Sen. Chuck Schumer flew in from New York and Sen. Ben Cardin drove his Pontiac from Baltimore to represent the entire Senate in the cavernous chamber.

And that was it: Schumer and Cardin and $600 million of your money.

Is this a great country, or what?

Right now, I’d pick the latter.