It's not every day the Pelican Institute for Public Policy gets a letter from U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. There are probably fewer days where Durbin letters are welcome at the Pelican Institute.
Nevertheless, the powerful Democrat, a 30-year Washington veteran, had the Pelican Institute on his mind on Aug. 6. That's the date on a letter he fired off demanding to know some things that are, one, none of his damn business, and two, curious matters for an Illinois senator to be concerned about at all.