There is joy in Mudville

In a week with an above average portion of good news, the word that GM may throw the Hummer over the side may be the best.

If there is any seriousness about dealing with environmental challenges, this thing should be the first to go. The Hummer combines worship of the American road-bound militarism that has helped prevent us from prevailing in most of our wars for 60 years, with a perfectly obscene level of conspicuous consumption.

As the old-timers hereabouts say, "to hell I pitch it."