Published Monday, October 6, 2008
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW
Regulating tobacco
By HENRY J. WATERS III, Publisher, Columbia Daily Tribune
In 2000 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Food and Drug Administration did not have the authority to regulate tobacco products, and the agency disbanded the effort. In July the House easily passed a bill establishing such authority, and most senators support it, but President George W. Bush has threatened a veto.
JOHN DARKOW CARTOON
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Parenthood should be a life-long responsibility
Editor, the Tribune: Has no one cared for the men, boys and girls who are out robbing, killing and hurting other people here in Columbia? All of these people were babies, toddlers and school-age children at one time.
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Let the greedy companies
fail; wake up, Americans
Editor, the Tribune: Have we reached the limits of our economic ability to proceed with the war on terror while we bail out gluttonous companies, even as our school systems are struggling to get by and our bridges and infrastructure collapse around us?
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Bail out taxpayers before Wall Street
Editor, the Tribune: I read the great story about the Van Dykes’ financial struggles in your paper. When viewed against your coverage of the Wall Street crises, we see how dysfunctional our economic system has become. The "spend down" requirements the Van Dykes face to be able to afford health care occur in homes across the state and nation.
Debate shows Palin not plausible president
By E.J. DIONNE JR.
WASHINGTON - Early in the vice presidential debate Thursday, Sarah Palin said she might not answer the questions as moderator Gwen Ifill posed them. This was the Alaska governor’s way of saying she was going to stick to the talking points she had stuffed into her head, no matter what the subject.
McCain an impulsive Queen of Hearts
By GEORGE F. WILL
Under the pressure of the financial crisis, one presidential candidate behaved
like a flustered rookie playing in a league too high. It was not Barack Obama.
