It's a far better thing, as well as much easier, for government to act to prevent a disaster, or at least to warn residents loudly and clearly of the potential consequences of their foolish choices.

Detroit has given away a great many test drives which they could have had for free.

It would be a very good idea to have a standard system for maintaining health care records, but having the government spend money on this is a bad idea.

These bridges have needed fixing for 25 years and they're still operating?

Larry Craig should resign! But he should not be alone.

A chain of progression - one leads to the next, then the next...

Inspecting IDs is a waste of time and money, but it's ideal from the bureaucratic point of view because it doesn't solve the problem.

We now know that Nancy Pelosi's Democrats are a bunch of crooked politicians, just like the ones they replaced last November.

There's no simple cure for loneliness, but there is a simple answer to the #2 question, "Why are men such couch potatoes?" What does a man want more of that he could have more of if he were in better shape?

Will there be unity in Iraq? Saddam proved that fear can unite Iraqis enough to get them to stop killing each other, but it's not clear that anything less will do the job.