Mayoral Mess
Boy Mayor, the cartoonist's gift that keeps on giving, will no longer be giving after 2013. That's right, folks. The juice box comes with an expiration date.
Sequester Pain
Conservatives keep trying to say that Obama's warnings about the sequester are way overblown. Wait for it ...
Big Wheel Down
Luke Ravenstahl shocked the region when he said he wouldn't be seeking another term as mayor. Nobody is sadder about the news than I am.
Resigning Pope
Problems with the Catholic Church aside, even Benedict XVI, the first Pope to resign in 600 years, recognizes that if you are not fit for a job, then it's time to step aside and let someone else give it a try. I wish our dysfunctional government lived by those same standards.
Literacy Test
The Supreme Court is weighing in on the Voting Rights Act. The conservatives on the bench feel we no longer need it. Well, they clearly have been living in a bubble. Otherwise, they would have seen all of the attempted voter ID laws and gerrymandering by GOP-led states, all used to disenfranchise African American voters.
