Everyone else has been focusing on Bill Clinton's foray into race-baiting on the campaign trail. I think his display of economic ignorance is far more interesting:
Former President Bill Clinton was in Denver, Colorado, stumping for his wife yesterday.
When Britain enacted a smoking ban, pubs spent millions of pounds on patio heaters so smokers could go outside without freezing. But now:
Britain's growing café culture and taste for alfresco drinking and dining may be under threat from MEPs who want to ban the patio heater.
For the "live by the sword, die by the sword" files, a backer of Sen. John Edwards has a complaint:
Lord knows I have no particular love for Hillary Clinton, and she would be a divisive president, but I can't quite understand this complaint by Barack Obama:
State Sen. Tom Wyss, R-Fort Wayne, is always on the lookout for ways to make sure Hoosier understand that there are rules that must be followed. Even in a short session dominated by property tax reform, he finds some proscriptions that can be fine-tuned:
A $200 fine would benefit local law enforcement, beautification projects
A fast-food wrapper here, a soft drink can there. Soon, says State Sen. Tom Wyss, you're talking about a major mess.
When is a caucus more than a caucus? When the party caucusing also has a majority of the legislative body in question. And this isn't much of a defense:
Earlier this month, then-Allen County Democratic Party Chair Kevin Knuth wrote Didier asking him about the caucus. At the council meeting Jan. 8, Didier said during his four years in office, the GOP has always caucused before the first meeting of the year to make recommendations for appointments.
Women's long fight for true equality has finally achieved the ultimate victory:
For years, the world of early spring harbingers has been an old boys' network dominated by Punxsutawney Phils and Buckeye Chucks. Massachusetts legislators want that to change.
The Indianapolis Star's Matthew Tully says Jill Long Thompson's campaign for governor in the Democratic primary "has spirit," but the candidate has to start being specific on ideas:
"Support the troops" is not a universal sentiment in this country:
Hey-hey, ho-ho, the Marines in Berkeley have got to go.
That's the message from the Berkeley City Council, which voted 8-1 Tuesday night to tell the U.S. Marines that its Shattuck Avenue recruiting station "is not welcome in the city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders."
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My current hero:
A South Carolina lawmaker says underage military servicemen and women should be allowed to drink alcohol.
Rep. Fletcher Smith has sponsored legislation that would allow service members younger than 21 to purchase alcohol if they show a military identification card to a bartender or store clerk.
South Carolina state law prohibits the sale or possession of alcoholic beverages by anyone under 21.
