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Public option? DOA or still on life support?

This week's headlines declared the so-called public option dead on arrival after the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected two versions of it offered by Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer of…

Reid angers fellow Democrats with Medicare ploy

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid moved swiftly to ensure that his home state of Nevada wouldn’t be hurt by Medicaid changes included in the health care reform bill moving through…

Ohmigod! An honest man in Washington?

Frankly, the investigative journalism gig has gotten pretty easy these days. In the corridors of power, evidence is as easy to pick up as cigar butts used to be, of the…

Supreme Court revisits handgun laws

The Supreme Court could ignite a vigorous new fight over state and local gun controls across the nation when it rules on a challenge to Chicago's handgun ban. The court said…

Solving the world’s problems

When publishers call their editorial writers together for the daily conference, they often like to say: "So, how are we solving the world's problems today?" This is a little publisher…

Speed bumbs: A honking annoyance of life

Speed bumps are a minor irritant of American life. Now there's another, more major irritant -- drivers who honk when they come to one. Being something of a modern-culture laggard, I…