Legislative meddling: Assisted suicide should be a private decision
Last Thursday, the Michigan Senate passed a bill making assisted suicide a felony. The House, in all likelihood, will drastically change the bill, but any changes avoid the obvious point - that this deeply personal issue should not be subject to legislation. The state government should step aside and leave assisted suicide decisions to individuals and the medical community.
Friendly skies: FAA must hasten its safety decisions
First it was ValuJet. Then TWA. These two flying tragedies instilled fear in the American public and posed many difficult questions to the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board. These two agencies have been feuding for years, with much of the conflict resulting from a lack of cooperation and slow action on the FAA's part. The FAA must respond to the NTSB's recommendations in a timely fashion; lack of cooperation has potentially caused and will cause many unnecessary deaths.
Column: An idiot's guide to shopping can make Christmas stress-free
Everybody either is or knows a Christmas Idiot.
Your lunatic great aunt who sends you a $5 check and an illegible card every year is a Christmas Idiot. The guy who buys his wife unsolicited exercise equipment is a Christmas Idiot. The year that your mother gave you socks, wool longjohns and a calculator, she had a fit of Christmas Idiocy.
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