It's scoundrel time. Americans in large numbers are looking for change. Those in power are feeling threatened. So the leaders of Congress line up to appeal not to our better angels but to our foulest demons. Consider what the right-wing majority that controls the Congress has done in the last week. First, they took care of themselves and tossed out the most vulnerable. They approved a congressional pay raise even as the leaders of the House of Representatives refused to allow a vote on raising the minimum wage for America's poorest workers. The minimum wage hasn't been raised in nine...