Wield your sword mightily

One of the perks of being in the majority party in Congress is that you don't have to listen to nearly as much claptrap from the "other side" as you do when you're in the minority. Yes, I'm basically advocating for censorship. At least whenever censorship is the obvious thing to do (a question which I, as a liberal elitist, am well positioned to answer for you). One of the times I'd say it's reasonable is when the House Committee on Science and Technology holds hearings on liquid coal. First of all, a Democratic Congress should never, ever allow Republicans to stack the Science committee's hearings with pseudoscientists and quacks. That much should be obvious. But additionally, when the point of order is a process with well-understood pitfalls that remains in the political discourse because the coal industry pays a lot of money to keep it there, there's no reason to discuss it in a fair and balanced way. So why, then, do the Democrats bring us "The Benefits and Challenges of Producing Liquid Fuel from Coal: The Role for Federal Research." My guess is it has something to do with Chairman Bart Gordon being from the state of Tennessee, which does have some coal resources. But that's just a guess.