Opinion: In today’s pages: GOP, stop the culture wars
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Reason Magazine’s Nick Gillespie says the GOP needs to get government out of the bathroom, so Republicans like Sen. Larry Craig don’t look like hypocrites:
It seems nothing short of pathetic that Craig, who had brushed off rumors of homosexual activity for years, would deny the option of matrimony to some of the same men from whom he supposedly sought sex in restrooms. (Craig said Monday that his actions had been misconstrued and denied engaging in any inappropriate conduct.) But the Craig scandal also provides the Republican Party, battered into minority status in Congress after years of domestic and foreign overreach, a golden opportunity to recover its attractive minimal-government heritage, at least when it comes to using the state to police sexual behavior among consenting adults.
Writer Michael Tisserand discusses how kids comprehend Hurricane Katrina, and columnist Ronald Brownstein offers President Bush lessons from Reagan’s productive final years in office.
On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the editorial board remarks on the red tape that has thwarted a full recovery in New Orleans. It also comments on a court battle over land for a synagogue in Hancock Park, and asks Hillary Clinton to release papers from her days as First Lady, since the National Archives says it can’t do it till after the election.
Readers react to Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales’ departure. Mel Powell from Sherman Oaks says, ‘Don’t let the Constitution hit you on the way out.’