Commentary: Rush Limbaugh GOP debate is idiotic

The cold winds of March have obviously affected the intelligence and thought processes of people who need to get their thinking straight. (CNN) — The cold winds of March have obviously affected the intelligence and thought processes of people who need to get their thinking straight. The idiotic debate raging in Washington this week around Michael Steele, the newly elected chairman of the nearly defunct Republican Party, and Rush Limbaugh, a conservative icon for the past 35 years, is beyond foolish.

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How a New Fleet of White House Choppers Spiraled Out of Control

One response of the Bush Administration to the attacks of 9/11 was to invade Iraq. Another was to order up a new fleet of hyper-secure helicopters to transport the commander-in-chief — out of concern that a president borne by the current generation of choppers could be cut off from the rest of the world.

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Man who froze had history of late utility payments

Marvin Schur may have been worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the World War II veteran was chronically late in paying his utility bills during the two years before he froze to death last month at age 93 in his home in Bay City, Michigan, after his power was cut off.

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