The Party of Noh (and Kabuki)
The Fortnightly Rant for January 29, 2011, from The New Hampshire Gazette, Volume 255, No. 9, posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Friday, January 28, 2011 — The gavel that symbolizes control of the House of Representatives passed from the Democratic Party to the Republicans earlier this month, when the 112th Congress was sworn in — a thing that has happened only five times over the past century. The historical nature of this event made us wonder what a little research might reveal. Recent history, though, such as Newt Gingrich’s takeover in the 1990s, shed no light. Our answers came from a long time ago, …