So What Does Congress Do About The Good Economy News?: Buys new jets for themselves.

And Our Local Government?: Plans furloughs for 2010.

And Yet R. Kelly Still Walks Free: The Economist on our nation's over-reaching sex offender laws.

Speaking Of Crime: Seattle announces plans for a drug diversion program.

Now We Have To Scratch Off Hobo Jokes As Acceptable: Homeless assaults are on the rise, and a push to add them to hate crime laws.

"Quality Journalism Is Not Cheap": And neither is cheap journalism, so Rupert Murdoch will start charging for web access to news sites.

Iraq, Too Progressive Too Quick?: Prime Minister proposes smoking ban in country that probably doesn't need nic fits.

This Was An Issue A Month Ago: Sotomayor sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice.

We Should Agree That Health Care Debate Is A Three Ring Circus: Because opposition to reform is insisting that the President's plan would kill Down-Syndrome babies.

Completely Pointless: 80's hits played as ragtime.