EDITORIAL: Not a local jobs program
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld plans to close at least 100 of the nation's 425 military bases -- more than were affected by the four previous rounds of base closings, combined.
The list is expected to doom as many as one third of current Army bases, and a quarter of current Air Force bases, according to the Los Angeles Times.
EDITORIAL: It did what?
If the folly of federal "campaign finance" reform efforts wasn't obviously apparent already -- can we stop the sea from reclaiming the sand? -- consider what took place in a House committee last week.
Ohio Republican Bob Ney, chairman of the Administration Committee, suggested -- and was quickly supported by his colleagues, according to The Associated Press -- that his panel sponsor a seminar for lawmakers to educate them about the effects of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill.
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EDITORIAL: Not a local jobs program
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld plans to close at least 100 of the nation's 425 military bases -- more than were affected by the four previous rounds of base closings, combined.
EDITORIAL: It did what?
If the folly of federal "campaign finance" reform efforts wasn't obviously apparent already -- can we stop the sea from reclaiming the sand? -- consider what took place in a House committee last week.
