The death penalty: Like most of California's penal system, the death penalty procedure is in trouble.
'V ly!': There are controversies so ridiculous you can't believe that folks actually get worked up over them. But they do.
Is ObamaAmerican enough?: Barack Obama celebrated the week of the Fourth of July trying to address critics who say he is insufficiently patriotic. In the process, Obama almost hit another home run. He sent one into the stands a few months ago with his speech on race. But this time, speaking from Independence, Mo., Obama came up short.
Just who is the real Republican?: Logos? We love 'em. Whether it's McDonald's golden aches drawing attention to the 187 billion hamburgers, or thereabouts, passed through those little windows. Or Ford's simple script logo, now more than 100 years old. Or a cuddly infant imploring us not to squeeze the Charmin.
A few things that stir up our readers: Nothing stirs up readers' feelings of love or hate quite like the comics. Knowing that Special Sections Editor Jim Chute and the comics committee were removing one strip to make room for “Doonesbury” and then rearranging all the comics gave me the jitters last Monday morning.
