It wasn’t lost on me that earlier this week a U.S. Senator from Nevada, John Ensign, brought shame to his position when he admitted he had an extramarital affair but it was more revealing when another Senator, this one from California, needlessly brought about further scorn when she publicly denounced a Brigadier General for his courtesy. Barbara Boxer, a Democrat who takes certain delight in browbeating others, lashed into Michael Walsh, who heads the Army’s Corps of Engineers, during a Senate hearing when she told him, “Could you say ‘Senator’ instead of ‘ma’am?’ It’s just a thing. I worked so...