Perhaps, in time, the department can show tangible results from the expensive command center. For now, though, it looks like a case of binge thinking.

Such warnings …should instead aim at the rest of us to rein in our reckless consumption of political promises and the inevitable binge thinking that follows.

Binge thinkers are a growing social problem. They can go for days without significant mental activity, particularly during election campaigns, but then ruin it all when the time comes to vote in the hope that maybe just one in a hundred promises will turn out not to be a lie.

A professor defines Binge Thinking as 'having five or more thoughts at one sitting’ while standing in front of wall filled with signs pertaining to "dumbing down." [Cartoon description]