Editorials

In a classic case of half a loaf being better than none, lawmakers have agreed to dramatically blunt the impact on taxpayers of an 86-year-old state law that has added billions of dollars to public construction projects.

Somehow, Suffolk legislators fell into a bizarre time warp last week. At a public hearing on legislation to extend a major program for open-space acquisition, too many asked questions rooted in an East v. West mentality, as though they had not seen the program helping the whole county for two decades. It's time for them to renew and improve it.

Bada-brilliant

Just when air conditioners are going on full time and power costs are increasing, the new chairman of the Long Island Power Authority wants to reassure customers about future bill hikes. While any move that makes the opaque operating practices of LIPA more understandable is welcome, asking the Public Service Commission to review new increases sidesteps the larger question of what the proper regulatory oversight of LIPA should be, and why current electric bills are so high.

Time is running out on the U.S. Justice Department's attempts to resurrect old civil rights murder cases.

Yawn and whine.

Passenger cars