Time is running out for legislative action this year on the KRM regional transit line....More

LAUREL — To organizer David Florez and other planners of the seventh annual Kenosha Touched Twice Free Clinic held last weekend at Brass Community School. More than 1,100 people in need received health screenings, meals and haircuts at the event, which is sponsored by area churches. As one woman getting care at the clinic pointed out, “It’s been a rough time for my family.” In today’s tough economy, many of us are just one lost job away from needing the services provided at this event. Thanks to the donors and businesses that helped make this event a big success....More

By Arthur I. Cyr
This inattention is unfortunate, for while the wrangling over how to address escalating medical costs engenders political apoplexy and heartburn, rage and recrimination, Volcker’s financial remedy could provide fast and soothing relief to our fevered political system — if Congress passes the measure....More

By Brian Lynch
When we first had children, I had made a point of being first up to change a diaper; being under-glanded for nursing, I figured I should at least clean and deliver the baby for feedings. With both kids now well past overnight interruptions, we had again become accustomed to a normal sleep schedule. Life was good. Two was the right number of kids for our means and our desires. ...More

By E.J. DIONNE JR.
What would a rational approach to the budget look like? It would begin by accepting that running deficits at a time of high unemployment is a good thing. We would celebrate the fact that the world’s governments were far wiser in this downturn than their counterparts were during the Great Depression....More

By KATHLEEN PARKER
Not only are the deals still there, but they’re bigger and worser, as the bard gave us permission to say. And the health care “reform” bill is, consequently, more expensive by billions....More