During the recent sitting of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Alfonso Wright, an elected member from George Town, took to the floor and lapsed into a soliloquy—a rant really—about the desecration of Cayman flags, the singing of national songs, and, much to my surprise, me.

I want to assure Mr. Wright that I don’t sue self-serving politicians. I expose them. The great American humorist Will Rogers once famously said, “I never met a man I didn’t like!”

In contrast, the great American football player, Lyle Alzado, once remarked, “I never met a man I didn’t want to fight!”

When it comes to politicians, I must admit I come down somewhere in between. The vast majority of elected public officials that I’ve known—they range from small-town councilmen to U.S. senators and congressmen, to most recent Presidents of the United States, and, yes, to nearly all elected members in Cayman—have been hard-working, gifted, selfless public servants.

In my experience (much of it gained as a writer and