Attack of the WIRMS

Parasitic worms -- there are many of them -- are among the worst health scourges on Earth. The same could be said about the species that frequently infest the world of American celebrity. They're called WIRMS, and in this case, the opportunistic organisms latch on to the parasites, particularly those in the political realm. WIRMS is shorthand for "What I Really Meant to Say," and we've had an outbreak recently in Washington.

It doesn't take an expert to conclude that these particular lice were brought back from Helsinki, where our president was contaminated by his handler, the Russian presiden...