Roger Stone's teachable moment

Roger Stone speaking during a press conference at Beths Burger Bar, across the street from the Conservative Political Action Conference, on Feb. 25, 2022, in Orlando. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

In the annals of unheeded warnings about appeasing bullies, there's British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who literally cut a deal with Adolf Hitler and promised "peace in our time." Then we have toddler-man Donald Trump, with his endless hissy-fits about not being treated fairly and mob-speak threats about what a shame it would be if our nice democracy was to — well, was to run into a narcissistic, psychopathic compulsive liar. Somebody like him. 

 Trump was also impeached twice, let us note — and got off the hook both times.