Today's Editorials: Upping the Pressure on Sudan

NYT ... encourages President Bush to impose tougher economic sanctions and an arms embargo on Sudan, and argues that the Darfur genocide will not end until "a large and well-armed peacekeeping force" is sent to the country ... wishes New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine well after his traffic accident last week, but notes that at the time of the crash, the governor's sport utility vehicle was traveling 26 miles over the speed limit and that Corzine wasn't wearing his safety belt: "Whether you're an ordinary citizen or the chief executive of a state, traffic laws cannot be considered optional -- for your own safety and the safety of all those traveling around you," the editors write.

WaPo ... criticizes an anonymous Republican senator who has blocked a measure to require candidates for the Senate to file their campaign finance reports electronically, a "common-sense," "21st century custom."

LAT ... notes that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's State of the City address last night was full of lofty rhetoric, but argues that the mayor needs to do more to act on his promises: "But dreamtime is over," the editors write. "It's time to go to work."

WSJ ... criticizes members of Britain's National Union of Journalists for responding to the capture of BBC reporter Alan Johnson in Gaza by declaring a boycott on Israel: The union members, the editors write, are "apparently forgetting just who Mr. Johnston's captors are."

By Rob Anderson |  April 19, 2007; 6:09 AM ET
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