“Hypocrisy” is often nothing more than failing to live up to our own standards. That is, sometimes we do things we know to be wrong or fail to do things we know we ought to do. That’s human.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is no mere hypocrite. She’s not simply some politician who didn’t follow the rules that apply to her constituents. She’s not just one more elite who believed herself above the law. We had plenty of those during the pandemic.