Too many politicians tell voters to "Do as I say, not as I do." Bernie Sanders, the Socialist running as a Democrat for president, has introduced a bill in the Senate to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. But Sanders pays interns who work in his Senate office only $12 per hour.

Barack Obama paid his first visit to Kenya, his ancestral homeland, as president and carried this message: ... "the state should not discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation." Kenya's president, Uhuru Kenyatta, publicly disagreed with Obama's call to prioritize gay rights, saying his country has more pressing issues.

Illinois, at long last, is beginning to take away some of the benefits going to the dead. Gov. Bruce Rauner, a Republican, has signed a legislative measure that requires a monthly crosscheck of aid recipients with death records to eliminate payments to dead people. A recent audit found $3.7 million was paid last year to 1,111 people recorded as deceased.