Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places, Steady Suicide

It seems the Palmetto State is a bunch of poor, fat, violent, uninsured dropouts. And though far too many babies are dying, at least it’s not as many as it used to be.

Government can do only so much about these things (though I’d bet it’s not doing enough). Most of these problems are due to personal behaviors that the population has to handle.

The Boy Who Whined

Recent articles and blogs by The State newspaper’s editorial page editor, Brad Warthen, complaining about Governor Mark Sanford’s stand on Congressional bailouts make for some really strange “journalism.”