Republican lawmakers discuss a series of proposed tax increases Democrats are considering as they haggle over a final version of the state budget. Legislators offered their assessments of the tax proposals during a June 30, 2009, news conference.
Opinion
Politics should be less important
It might sound odd to hear this from someone who’s been writing a syndicated column on politics for nearly four decades, but politics has become vastly more important in our lives than it should be. Virtually every decision we make in our ostensibly free society is now subject to review, refinement, and reversal by some...