Memo: low-cost fix to Heathrow mess

There were many moments during the health-care reform process where the participants did not exactly cover themselves in glory, but the one that is going to cause the most ongoing annoyance was the punt on the rates that Medicare pays doctors.

Passengers arriving at Heathrow may have to wait up to 12 hours for immigration checks as border staff join next week's strike over pensions, an airport official warned on Friday.Normand Boivin, Heathrow's chief operating officer, told the Daily Telegraph that travellers could even be held on aircrafts while huge immigration queues are cleared by a skeleton staff at the country's busiest airport on Wednesday.

Here’s Mickey Kaus’ proposed solution to inequality:

Concrete is great stuff, but when it gets damaged — forming potholes and cracks — it can be annoying and dangerous. It can also be hell on your car's suspension, tires, and gas mileage.