When I was younger, so much younger than today (credit The Beatles for that lyric from “Help”), television networks would rerun programs that had originally been broadcast the previous fall and spring. A few still do, like “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy,” but those are syndicated shows. Still, it can be fun to watch programs you missed, or even ones you have seen, especially if you can impress someone with “Jeopardy” answers because you know them.

Reruns that always annoy are the political ads, which start before primaries and continue until the day before the November election. Only the names of the candidates change, not the attack lines. The opponent is a monster who will ruin the country. If elected, I promise to do this or that. Those promises are rarely kept. If some are kept, such as lowering taxes, the next person in office will want to raise them. No political ad I’ve seen promises to reduce or eliminate the national debt, now racing toward an unsustainable $40 trillion.

An example of how even the........

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