Sackcloth and ashes for everyone!

My column this week on Loonie Politics takes a look at the current spate of stories about spending, either by Senators or with retired General Andrew Leslie's moving benefit, and even though all were within the rules, they are still being decried as wrong. Given the way with which such stories are being covered, and how the smell of blood in the water turns it into a frenzy, I wonder about the long-term damage of this particular obsession on our political culture.