Politics and other nightmares

Ah, music to my ears (pdf file). Let's talk about a presidential candidate who fails to understand "the fundamental problem of increased production":

I report, you deride:

Arthur Laffer on making a bad situation worse:

For years, Hoosiers suffered the ignominy of being associated with Earl Landgrebe, who said, as the last defender of Richard Nixon, "I have my mind made up -- don't confuse me with the facts." Perhaps now we can have our release from shame. Alaska Rep. Don Young, defending Sen. Ted Stevens, gets a little carried away:

The Richmond Palladium-Item jumps on the statewide smoking BANdwagon:

But as much as this newspaper traditionally champions local government and home rule decision-making on most issues, some issues simply command a wider, more uniform standard. Legislators have, for example, already said the time of day is one of those, weighing in mercifully a few years back to remove the state from a crazy-quilt pattern of time zones to embrace uniform, statewide daylight-saving time.

Cowards:

The Indianapolis Star, Indiana's largest newspaper, has opted not to endorse a candidate for president in an election year that's seen the state become a presidential battleground state for the first time in decades.

Those evil, clever religionists have found a diabolic way around the ACLU's heroic efforts to keep us safe from God's destructive influence:

Joining four other towns in Madison County, Pendleton now has a Ten Commandments monument on display.

The 7-foot long, 4-foot tall monument was unveiled Sunday near the intersection of East Water Street and Indiana 37, near the Falls Park Plaza shopping center, on land donated by Chuck Clevenger.

Too much attention is focused on voting becoming harder: Indiana's photo ID requirement, it is said, is meant to discourage Democratic voters. Attempts to block early-voting centers in northwest Indiana are called "disenfranchisement." The truth is, voting is getting easier and easier:

TERRE HAUTE —

That Barack Obama is one funny guy:

Are these Indianapolis supporters of mass transit living a pipe dream and trying to drum up support for something that will never happen?

 A new poll has found nearly three-quarters of people surveyed would support using taxpayer money for mass transportation, a critical question for proponents of a light-rail line for which funding has yet to be found.