View from the North 40: These guys are big in politics

For those people tired of elected officials fighting over trivial matters that have nothing to do with properly governing our country at federal, state and local levels, this saying offers some comfort: Everything must come to an end one day.

I am here today to assure you that today is not that day.

The New York Times reported Tuesday that on Jan. 14 New York City councilman from Brooklyn Robert Cornegy Jr. was recognized and officially certified by Guinness World Records as the tallest male politician in the entire world.

That’s right.

A strapping 6-foot 10-inches tall, Cornegy beat out the p...