and, sometimes, they're just plain wrong on the facts. In many -- if not most -- cases, it's not because the writers are engaging in deliberate obfuscation, but because they're simply not in command of facts that, in truth, only the most deeply wonky among us -- editorial page editors with long experience in covering governmental entities most emphatically included -- have at our fingertips.

Georgia House of Representatives Dictator -- Speaker -- Glenn Richardson managed to get his latest version of the tax swap passed on Wednesday. His minions in a House subcommittee approved his plan to substitute eliminate school and car property taxes by substituting extra taxes on sales and service. The bill will move to the House Ways and Means Committee and if approved there will head to the full House for a vote.

Using sales taxes and taxes on services is short-sighted when it comes to funding our public education -- if not the most important, certainly among the most important responsibilities of our government.