Thoughts occasioned by watching the first season of Scandal

1. When you think about it, being the President is one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States. I mean, four out 44 presidents were assassinated. That's nine percent. If you figure that each president serves, on average, about five years, then that's an annualized death rate of around 1.7%? Whereas when I quickly googled the most dangerous jobs in …