When a native of Washington D.C. thinks of the nation's capital, he thinks of cherry trees along the Potomac, hand-lined fishing from the sea wall of Georgetown, or the peanut stand on Pennsylvania Avenue. But when the rest of the world thinks of Washington, the impression is that of massive monuments in the midst of clashing, earth-shattering confusion and controversy. Both impressions are correct of course, and for proof of the latter, we join the Senate where a fiery Senator is shooting off verbal sparks...