RIGHT MAKES MIGHT
One of my complaints about The West Wing is that it tends to portray leadership only in terms of the personal heroics of White House staff members. The episodes usually center on a character's feelings about an issue or policy. During the show those feelings escalate into self-righteous moral indignation. Then, to make sure that everything is neatly tied up by the end of the hour, the staff member convinces everyone else in the White House—or even in Congress—of his or her rectitude.
Sometimes episodes intended to reflect real-world problems miss the mark by a mile. The show reached the pinnacle of pretension with “Isaac and Ishmael,” which first aired on October 3, 2001. Creator and executive producer Aaron Sorkin chose to ...
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