Thursday, April 14th, 2005

House Editorial

Some people like to have their cats curled up in front of the fire, but soon some people in Wisconsin may be able to mount a cat above the mantle.

To Talk of Many Things

The ability of Americans to obtain adequate health care is one of the most challenging issues facing the country today. According to the Washington Post, the growth in health care costs exceeded that of per capita gross domestic product by 12.6 percent between 1980 and 2004, and the gap is expected to grow another 7.2 percent in 10 years.

The Writing on the Wall

Unless they come from a long, illustrious line of highway patrolmen, no one grows up wanting to be a traffic cop. Plenty of young people wish for the day they become police officers, but you will be hard-pressed to find a child daydreaming in elementary school about writing speeding tickets for a living.