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 The Missouri PlanJack Close is on a mission. As long as he serves in the Nevada Assembly, Mr. Close vows to fight to change the way state judges acquire their jobs.Today, Nevadans elect their judges. From justices of the peace to Supreme Court jurists, those who sit on the bench in this state, with a few exceptions, earned that privilege by gaining voter approval. Mr. Close and many others, however, believe the process demeans judges by forcing them into the nether world of politics. They favor altering the state constitution to impose the Missouri Plan, a system of appointing judges currently used by more than 30 states. FULL TEXT Nursemaid-in-chiefBig Brother, the therapeutic state, nannyism, paternalism -- call it what you will, Bill Clinton embraces it heartily.Bill Clinton certainly fancies himself the nation's nanny: This intellectual predisposition is readily apparent in his tendency to frame every argument for his every new big-government brainstorm in terms of "saving" or "protecting" children. In Mr. Clinton's world view, safety and security are vastly more compelling political values than is freedom. FULL TEXT 
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