Today's Editorials: In the Air, on the Ground
WSJ: Warns that high property taxes could pose a big obstacle to rebuilding New Orleans.
USA Today: Says the Census Bureau's report of the "disturbing rise in the number of people without health insurance ... helps explain why health care is again becoming a defining domestic issue."
WaPo: Praises the courage of pro-democracy protestors in Burma and calls for an international response.
NYT : Is disappointed by the verdict in the "court-martial of the only officer to be tried for the abuse, sexual assault and torture of prisoners that occurred" at Abu Ghraib in 2003, calling it "a remix of the denial of reality and avoidance of accountability that the government has used all along to avoid the bitter truth behind Abu Ghraib: The abuses grew out of President Bush's decision to ignore the Geneva Conventions and American law in handling prisoners after Sept. 11, 2001.".... Criticizes Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma for "blocking final passage of a suicide prevention bill in fear that the government's record-keeping on troubled vets might somehow crimp their ability to purchase handguns."
LAT: Cautions that the "stuff you're breathing could be killing you," and argues that if the EPA fails to crack down on ozone concentrations, "It clearly will be violating its legal responsibility to protect public health."
By Nick Baumann |
August 30, 2007; 8:37 AM ET
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