CHARLES A. GONZALEZ: “Are we going to be a country of laws or are we going to be a country of men?”

That is a common claim, but it is made without a shred of evidence.

Many of the most vocal complaints about the first decade of this century centered around the practice of granting billions of dollars in no-bid contracts, especially during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

As we near the end of this session, one of the country's largest companies is asking Congress for special treatment.

First, I fear that as health inflation rises, the cost of private plans will outgrow the government premium support.