Pander pander pander. Pander. And pander.

What? Oh, sorry. I started typing what I really thought about this story from McClatchy:

Hillary Clinton Monday criticized Barack Obama for opposing the concept of suspending the gasoline tax during the peak summer driving months, a plan both she and Republican John McCain have endorsed. <!-- story_videobox.comp --> <!-- /story_videobox.comp -->

Here's a stimulating thought: Americans file their income tax returns on April 15, but today we've all worked and toiled enough to have met out tax burden for the year, according to the Tax Foundation. Why, it's enough to make you want to sing a clever ditty!

Sunday was Thomas Jefferson's 265th birthday. Tuesday is tax day -- or, to be precise, the deadline to file an annual tax return with the IRS. The significance of the two days are worth comment.

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings -- an influential and meddlesome cabinet official about whom Americans know surprisingly little -- announced yesterday that the federal government would require states to use the same formula to calculate high school dropout rates.

New York City has found a way to balance its budget: