EDITORIAL WEEK IN REVIEW.Highlights from some of our more important editorials this past week. To read the editorials in full, please visit our Web site at www.dailynews.com. Sobering so·ber adj. so·ber·er, so·ber·est 1. Habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic liquors or drugs; temperate. 2. Not intoxicated or affected by the use of drugs. 3. up The revelation that Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. city officials have played politics with the health and safety of the city's 3.5 million residents is the most damning evidence yet of the need for major reform of the city's political culture. E-mess elections Unlike most electronic voting Electronic voting (also known as e-voting) is a term encompassing several different types of voting, embracing both electronic means of casting a vote and electronic means of counting votes. machines, history leaves a paper trail, and the historical record isn't good for California lawmakers on the issue of voting technology. Burn-ready Despite the miles of scorched earth scorched earth An antitakeover strategy in which the target firm disposes of those assets or divisions considered particularly desirable by the raider. Thus, by making itself less attractive, the target discourages the takeover attempt. and countless indications that the same dangerous fire conditions exist this year, the U.S. government has been stingy stin·gy adj. stin·gi·er, stin·gi·est 1. Giving or spending reluctantly. 2. Scanty or meager: a stingy meal; stingy with details about the past. with federal grants for fighting fires. Undoing the damage Top administration officials who failed to act quickly and decisively to the damaging Iraqi prison scandal must be held accountable and pay for their failure with their jobs. |
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