Bob Franken: We’re All Know-Nothings

The Clintons aren't the only ones who give speeches. I do, too. The only difference is that my going rate, in case you're interested, ranges from a pittance to nothing. So I feel no obligation to flatter those in the audience.

That would include attorney groups, bar-association functions and the like. I particularly enjoy sticking it to lawyers, because so many of them are so ... what's the word ... arrogant. I can always get a rise out of them when I suggest that, when it comes to charges against elected officials, the public's right to know takes precedence over a successful prosecution. By...