Ambushed!

Ambushed!Let's talk about the connections between people's lives and the decisions made by the federal government. Some concept, eh? Policy matters--stop the presses. There was a time when explaining how the government affects "ordinary people" was considered political reporting. But the press became fixated on the polls, the consultants, the horse race and the partisan bickering, and ordinary people pretty much fell off the screen.Government no longer works for most people in this cou...