Good Wednesday morning Fellow Seekers of Wisdom and Truth,
On an August day 149 years ago (the actual anniversary, Aug. 21, slipped by last week while I was away), Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas held the first of their famous  series of seven debates.  Although they would both run for president in 1860, it is sometimes forgotten […]

Nick Coleman’s second column on the topic was correct. The bridge collapse will be politicized. Democrats will (already have) cite it as evidence of what happens when your answer to every question is “no new taxes,” and that will certainly be a political assertion.
As my esteemed former colleague put it:
“If you think everyone should play nice […]