Sri Lanka, Jan. 2 -- Something has been bent. A short-cut has been taken. Like bending and short-cutting that has happened during previous regimes. But why?

What's strange about these sick politicians is that no one knows what their sicknesses are. Just the other day, former minister Rajitha Senaratne pleaded for anticipatory bail.

Is it that court and police know what's what, that politicians falling ill upon arrest is so common and it's such a common lie that they don't bother to pry? But they should, shouldn't they?

Politicians are sick. I've heard people say that. It is an unfair statement if only because it is a generalization. Nevertheless, politicians can be like a corrosive cancer given the impact that their arrogance, ignoranc...