We Should be the Most Open Society on Earth

   I would we were a just-ask society. If the people didn't understand something, they could just ask their officials, and the officials would answer. I would that if we didn't understand why Susan Rice did what she did and said what she said, we could just ask her.
   Same with President Obama. If there were questions about how Benghazi was handled, he would field them and answer them. Any questions about whether and why the the Social Security Administration was buying up hollow-point bullets would be answered -- by Obama, himself.
   I would that if public officials were accused of taking in a resort stay at the expense of a person they were either investigating or prosecuting, they would say why they did it. I would that if there were receipts showing they did, indeed, take in the resort stay, they would explain why the public should think that evidence enough of wrongdoing. (I speak of Mark Shurtleff and John Swallow.)
   America is more than a land of freedom. It is a land of openness. It should be a nation not hiding behind a cloak. This should be the most open society on earth, where truth is not hidden, and where both the people and officials are forthright.