I saw the news that there is now a Defense Modernization Caucus that has been created by Representatives Pat Ryan (D-NY) and Rob Wittman (R-VA). This caused me to look into how many caucuses there currently are , and the only word to use is wow. There are caucuses from the Candy Caucus to the Electronic Warfare Working Group . In one sense, it is good there are some discussions on issues people are interested in, while it makes one wonder if they are actually effective. Knowledge Helps One good thing about the different caucuses is that they can pool their knowledge and their contact lists. Knowledge helps bring about more informed bills that can help the nation on many issues. People will know that their politicians are getting help when they have an important local issue while being able to put it into the context of larger national ones. In theory, all of this is a good thing. Corruption Chances Another way to look at the caucuses is a chance for large companies and groups to find...