Statesman

Statesman Opinion Editor Brooke Naland writes that there are things about the current smoking ban that are either impractical, or just don't make sense. … Post the First Comment

This past weekend was a marathon of congressional meetings between the Senate and House members attempting to come to some sort of compromise over President Bush's proposal for the $700 billion bailout. The proposal, if approved by Congress, would allow the federal government to spend almost a trillion dollars to buy bad mortgage debt and help "mitigate" the financial crisis, "the most sweeping economic intervention by the government since the Great Depression," according to the cnnmoney.… Post the First Comment

Political ad season, and this year they've gone too far. … Post the First Comment