What can I say that I haven't already said?
Smokers have already been banned from New York bars and restaurants, and soon they could be prohibited from lighting up in cars carrying minors, an idea giving added fuel to critics who say the city has become a nanny state.
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I'm not assuming Matt Kelty's guilt in bringing this up, but it's something I haven't seen discussed yet. Has anybody considered the possibility of a plea bargain in which Kelty pleads guilty to misdemeanors? That's an idea the candidate might not want to entertain if he's absolutely certain he did nothing wrong. But it would be the least complicated way to ensure the mayoral election still goes on with the two candidates the primary voters preferred.
Hillary Clinton's first TV ad for the Iowa voters is standard liberal "the government will take care of all of you" cant. The text:
I'll be writing an editorial for tomorrow's paper on the nine-count indictment of Republican mayoral candidate Matt Kelty. But a few preliminary thoughts:
I was first drawn to this story just because the headline -- "Rules on Women Unclear -- seemed perfect for a snide retort -- yeah, to me, too! But the story below the headline is quite serious:
The Army is following Pentagon policy barring the assignment of women to units whose primary mission is ground combat, but the policies are difficult to understand, according to new study of the issue.
Since Republicans have George Bush to drag them down, it's only fair that Democrats have their own burden to level the playing field:
When the federal government decided how many gallons of water every toilet in America should use when being flushed -- resulting in annoying toilets that have to be flushed twice, accomplishing absolutely nothing -- I kind of thought that might be the breaking point. Americans would rise up as one and say, "Enough!" Didn't happen, of course. No matter what, we will go back into our "Oh, well, that's the way it is" mode and just take whatever they dish out. But maybe this is different:
Never, ever thought I would be rooting for Nancy Pelosi:
A tearful Cindy Sheehan cited her son, killed in Iraq, as her inspiration as she announced her candidacy Thursday for the U.S. House against Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
Sheehan last month said she intended to run against Pelosi, the House speaker, if the San Francisco congresswoman didn't move to impeach President Bush by July 23.
Wisconsin has an insane idea for universal health care. It would cost "an estimated $15.2 billion, or $3 billion more than the state currently collects in all income, sales and corporate income taxes." But let them go ahead and try it:
A U.S. appeals court, of course just following the dictates of the federal government, tells the dying to just suck it up and deal with it:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Terminally ill patients do not have a constitutional right to experimental drugs not approved by regulators, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
