Introducing the new Washington Post-enhanced Ezra Klein. What does he have on offer? 

They say the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. Well, the greatest trick that Washington ever played was convincing the nation that the actual work of government was too dull for the people to participate in or pay attention to. They pay me to make this interesting and comprehensible. I’ll do my best.

No, dammit! Do this half-assed. That would still be better than most of the rest of our bests.