Common Sense

Local hero (to me anyway) Congressman Chet Edwards, will be undergoing surgery to repair his larynx and he won’t be able to talk for five weeks. He’s not even allowed to speak before the surgery, which will be in Tennessee.

I don’t know if any other congressmen have gone that long without speaking before, but it seems rather unlikely. We’re talking about institutions that built in rules that would let you talk non-stop about anything whatsoever. Not talking would seems almost sinful by those standards.

Anywho, here’s a Q&A with Edwards since he won’t be sitting down to answer questions until after Groundhog Day. Fun trivia fact, Dan Genz is leaving the Trib to move to Dallas. We wish him well.

Local hero (to me anyway) Congressman Chet Edwards, will be undergoing surgery to repair his larynx and he won’t be able to talk for five weeks. He’s not even allowed to speak before the surgery, which will be in Tennessee.

I don’t know if any other congressmen have gone that long without speaking before, but it seems rather unlikely. We’re talking about institutions that built in rules that would let you talk non-stop about anything whatsoever. Not talking would seems almost sinful by those standards.

Anywho, here’s a Q&A with Edwards since he won’t be sitting down to answer questions until after Groundhog Day. Fun trivia fact, Dan Genz is leaving the Trib to move to Dallas. We wish him well.