Thursday, 10-25:

Some major issues to watch, and lessons to remember.

First, there are reports that at least one of the CA wildfires might have been started by an arsonist or arsonists plural. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071025/D8SFUL0O0.html
Does this change one's view on the propriety of federal involvement in either the fight against the fires, or the aid during reconstruction? What if the arsonists were terrorists from another nation?