As a doctor who has seen many lives destroyed by cigarette smoking, and as a dedicated American Heart Association volunteer, I urge voters not to be fooled by Big Tobacco.

April 17 was the deadline of another tax filing season, but it was just the start of the Democrats’ 2012 tax initiative season. In fact, in just a month, voters must take a stand against and defeat the first round of this year’s tax hike measures: Proposition 29.

Over at Reason, A. Barton Hinkle thinks there is a case for Mitt Romney to select Ron Paul as his running mate:

Let’s say you’ve earned $10,000 in the past three months, and that you lose $3,000 of that money at the local casino. What do you tell your family? If you’re a devotee of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, you might say “Just look at how much we still have,” and go on about your business.

Of the greatest verities of American politics is former president George W. Bush's gift for obliviousness.