Brian Gongol




It was part of a program encouraged by a Federal agency, but the effort was halted when someone became concerned that some of the records being kept may have violated privacy rules. Which begs the question: Why, again, do people want more government intervention in our health-care system? Some people see it as a blunder by political appointees of the Bush administration -- which it very well may be. But that should only go to further reinforce the dangers involved if our health-care system becomes any more politicized than it already is. A good rule of thumb: If you wouldn't trust your political enemies with a certain batch of powers, don't try to gain them for yourself when your party is in power. In a two-party system, the other guys will have their day sooner or later.



And around the world in Kenya, 50 people have been killed in an attack on a church
