Political - gasp - hypocrisy
Knowledge. If you don't use it, eventually you lose it. It's a particular danger in public life, where you push aside issues for spin and wind up with a head full of not much except political nonsense, which is extremely frustrating when you occasionally remember what the mess you're in actually is but not how to fix it. Consider, if you will, the issue of federal-provincial jurisdictions. No, wait! Come ba...