Politics and other nightmares

He's seen the flash of the tracers. He's lived the values of service and sacrifice. In the Navy, as a prosecutor, as a senator, he proved his physical courage under fire. And he's proved his moral courage too.

As Fort Wayne and New Haven bar owners could tell you, if you ban something people want in one jurisdiction, and an adjacent jurisdiction still has it, people will still get what they want:

New Jersey bakers are hoping the Big Apple's trans-fat ban means more dough for them.

As of today, the city's prohibition on hydrogenated oils extends to all baked goods, but no such restrictions exist across the river in the, uh, Larden State.

A little bit of 2nd Amendment disingenuousness from the Chicago Tribune, which, once upon a time, had a conservative editorial page. I'm not sure what it is now:

Repeal the wnd Amendment.

No, we don't suppose that's going to happen any time soon. But it should.

The 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is evidence that, while the founding fathers were brilliant men, they could have used an editor.

What's more infuriating than Obama's delicate parsing of the Second Amendment in which he tries to have it all ways? McCain's delicate dance around immigration in which he tries to have it all ways:

North Korea is a terror state! Run and hide! Evil, bad, bad country, shame on you!

Oh, wait, it's not, and we're taking their word for it: Aren't assurances by thug dictators supposed to be untrustworthy on general principle?

Are we going to have to put up with four years of this kind of nonsensical wide-eyed innocence?

Gee, do ya think?

Rising demand and Midwest flooding have driven corn prices from $2/bushel in 2006 to more than $7/bushel today. And there is little relief in sight. F

Flooding in many parts of the Midwest has destroyed a portion of the country's corn crop. June's floods destroyed almost 10 percent of the Indiana's corn yield alone.

Indiana was one of the strongest supporters of Prohibition (which ended 75 years ago last week - raise a toast!).  Hoosiers believed it would lower crime, improve health, decrease accidents, lead to prosperity, protect young people and raise public morals. It didn't quite work out that way:

What's next, the air we breathe?

The city and county may end up in court over who has the obligation to maintain bridges inside city limits. City Attorney Carol Taylor says it's the county, and state law says so. The county says it ended the obligation when it abolished the cumulative bridge fund. Judt reading the state law should help us decide who is right, right? Well . . .