The fact is, people with cancer do worry about losing their hair while being treated. It may be trivial, but if the cancer is out of your control, you worry about smaller things.

The AIG bonuses may be trivial (in the larger picture) too, but it’s hard to get your mind around a trillion dollars. People who did a terrible job getting rewarded is something that everyone can understand.

When you consider all of the other financial corporations, and all of the other insane amounts of money that people received, in good times and bad, maybe it’s not so trivial after all. It’s indicative of the attitudes and reckless behavior that got us into this mess.

Not that I don’t appreciate you, King, but I do wish that Barra still had a regular sports column somewhere.

Does one really have to ask?

OK, now that I’ve reflected, I think that retribution is called for.

“We have taken steps to ensure that the actions described within them never take place again,” Obama said.

What steps are those, Mr. President? Apparently those who would torture in the future will not even have to fear a severe tongue-lashing.

Shouldn’t steps to prevent future torture include at least the possibility of accountability?

by the sarcasm dripping off of this article.

We can only hope that her “wish” is granted and the tapes of her conversations are released.

A social trend of five years or even, if you insist, 8 years, is awfully short term to be drawing conclusions.

We have nearly a century of evidence on drug prohibition, not to mention the ignominious example of Prohibition, and we know that doesn’t work.

Something that has good results for five or eight years seems to a much better bet than something that has had decades of failure.

This isn’t about principles at all. It’s simply Specter doing whatever it takes to try to continue his career. The man has no principles. Remember his grilling of Anita Hill? Remember that during the Bush years, no matter what he said, he always caved and gave Bush what he wanted?

Why should the Republicans be terribly upset? If Specter wins the Democratic primary in 2010, then Pennsylvania voters will have the choice of voting for one of two Republicans. Either way, they will be no worse off than they are today, and the Democrats will be no better off.

I wouldn’t reject Specter from caucusing with the Democrats (if I had that power), but the Democrats would be well advised to treat Specter as the Trojans didn’t when the Greeks dropped off their equine gift.

Besides, if they are not nice to Specter, where is he going to go? He has run out of parties.

I have to say that Specter has shown one characteristic that makes him qualified to be a Democrat: he already knows how to betray his principles at the slightest bit of pressure.

As usual, I find myself agreeing almost completely with Glenn. What this amounts to is that in 2010, Pennsylvanians will be given the choice of voting for one of two Republicans. This is a short-term gain in exchange for long-term loss.

The Democrats should hold off on their pledges of support in the 2010 and say, “Well, Arlen, let’s see how it goes for the next couple of years.” Instead, they take the sure thing of a DINO against the possibility of electing a real Democrat in 2010.

Senator Spector is a weasel. Calling himself a Democrat will not make him any less of a weasel, it will just make it harder to make him go away.

These people are kind of creepy. They are like a certain brand of “Christian”, who when something tragic happens to you or someone you love, come around and tell you that this was really a good thing, because God is in charge, and we just are not smart enough to understand how this seemingly terrible thing works for his plan for good.

In fact, these people are more creepy, because as far as I know, no one has attributed divine powers to Obama. Yet.

Believe me, I am glad to have a President smarter than I am for a change, but I don’t want one who would be intelligent enough (and cynical enough) to play the game they think Obama is playing.

These people are kind of creepy. They are like a certain brand of “Christian”, who when something tragic happens to you or someone you love, come around and tell you that this was really a good thing, because God is in charge, and we just are not smart enough to understand how this seemingly terrible thing works for his plan for good.

In fact, these people are more creepy, because as far as I know, no one has attributed divine powers to Obama. Yet.

Believe me, I am glad to have a President smarter than I am for a change, but I don’t want one who would be intelligent enough (and cynical enough) to play the game they think Obama is playing.

Garrison,

I love you, but not prosecuting Nixon, and not prosecuting the criminals in the Reagan and first Bush administration are what led to the criminals in the second Bush administration (some of them the same people).

If our elected officials do not fear being punished for criminal acts, then the only protection we have left is to rely on only electing good people to office. Unfortunately, that does not seem to be a viable strategy.