Current Affairs

Well, speaking of being offended.

Our editorial page disagrees with The Indianapolis Star's about the appropriateness of state Attorny General Greg Zoeller's decision to add Indiana to the 13 other states challenging the constitutionality of health care reform.

The Star editorial's headline says the suit is "tainted by politics," but the body of the piece acknowledges that the law's requirement that individuals buy insurance or face a tax penalty "appears to be unprecedented" and is "at the very least worth questioning." So, it's tainted by politics but raises a valid point? How to get out of that dilemma?

There was an interesting segue during the roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week" yesterday. A discussion of the GOP chairman's image problems specifically and people's disgust with Washington generally was followed immediately by a discussion of the latest sex scandal of the Catholic church.

During the political segment, former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich said this:

Maybe it's just the editorial-writing cynic in me, but I'd say if they're "considering" it, it's pretty much a done deal:

INDIANAPOLIS -- Ninety-six teams could make the men's tournament if the NCAA decides to expand from the current field of 65.

Those who worked at Area 51 have now been released from their pledge of secrecy and, unfortunately for UFO buffs, their story is one of a CIA Black Op to test spy planes, not a coverup of dead aliens:

About the aliens.

Noce and Barnes say they never saw anything connected to UFOs.

"Let's Pretend" is getting a little out of hand. A woman in Elkhart County pretending to be a Health Department employee showed up at a restaurant:

Told you so:

As difficult as it was, passing the health care bill is only "a critical first step" in overhauling the system so that it "works for all Americans," President Obama told NBC's Today show.

It's always just a "first step" when government does something, and the program always ends up bigger, costlier, more instrusive and unconstitutional than when it started. "Works for all Americans" is

The Journal Gazetee had an editorial Saturday that contained much I agreed with concerning the ill-conceived No Child Left Behind Act, which was supposed to ensure all students reached state-defined proficiency levels in reading and math by 2014. Such a stunning overreach was bound to fail:

In the end, a great deal of time and money was wasted with little benefit to students, as the national test scores show.

"Birthright citizenship" is irrational public policy, but it doesn't have to remain policy. We just :

Why do you think they call it dope junk food, kid?

Scientists have finally confirmed what the rest of us have suspected for years: Bacon, cheesecake, and other delicious yet fattening foods may be addictive.