The US is stuck in the mire of political dysfunction, unable to address problems big and small; its leaders talking past each other, rather than listening and reaching sensible compromise. The deaths on Sunday of two American politicians from a not-so-distant era serve to remind us that it does not have to be so, and that indeed, it often wasn’t.
美國正深陷政治失靈的泥潭，大大小小的問題都無法得到解決；領導人們各執一詞，而不是傾聽進而達成合理的妥協。8月7日，兩位時代離我們並不久遠的美國政治家去世，這提醒了我們，事情本可以不至於此，而且事實上，過去事情常常並不是這樣的。
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