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 GEORGE WILL
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GEORGE WILL: Heaven and hell of prohibition
WASHINGTON -- The evening of Jan. 16, 1920, hours before Prohibition descended on America, while the young assistant secretary of the Navy, Franklin Roosevelt, drank champagne in Washington with other members of Harvard's class of 1904, in Norfolk, Va., evangelist Billy Sunday preached to 10,000 celebrants: "The reign of tears is over. The slums will soon be only a memory. ... " Not exactly.
CHUCK MUTH: Jumping for Joy over Sandoval's Education Reform Plan
Jon Ralston, Dean of Nevada Political Pundits, wrote in his e-newsletter this week that I was "ecstatic" about Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Sandoval's education reform proposal.
Letters to the Editor
GARRISON KEILLOR: A parent's prayer
A perfect shiny summer day and a crowd of jittery children in clusters on the corner, about to board a yellow bus, their backpacks in a pile, their mothers giving urgent last-minute reassurances, and I stop and stare at this Large Life Event. Kids from nice homes being abandoned by their mothers in broad daylight and sent off to summer camp and God Knows What. The sweet fragility of the kids, especially the gawky boy with glasses. And the elaborate cool of the college kids in charge. The vast love of the mothers, who are on the verge of tears, watching their pups board the bus. (Do the brakes work? Who is the driver? Is he licensed? Sober? Might he be carrying a pistol? Are the wheels securely fastened to the hubs? Two days from now, will I think back to this moment and wonder, Why didn't I go around and check the lug nuts?)
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