 April Fool's Day is upon us. What a marvelous, cautionary moment to reflect on all we should have learned this March. Three lessons in particular should reinforce, for those of us who don't want to play the fool, an old bromide: Each of us is issued two ears, two eyes and one mouth, and we would be wise to use them in proportion. | Editorial: Like father, like son Earlier this month, North Korea pledged to suspend its nuclear program and allow international inspectors back into the country. In exchange, Pyongyang would get 240,000 metric tons of food for its hungry populace. A mere two weeks later, the North reneged on that deal and declared that it would launch a satellite to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of founder Kim Il Sung. | | Chapman: Fearing our friends in Afghanistan With the war in Afghanistan going badly, Western forces have been ordered to adopt new safeguards to keep themselves from being killed. That's no surprise. The surprise is where the danger comes from: not the Taliban or al-Qaida, but our own allies. |  | Editorial: Beware 'the cliff' On some unsatisfying level, we appreciate the current political conniptions in Washington over your tax dollars and your frightening taxpayer debt. These are big issues that deserve the passions they generate on left and right. They also deserve gutsy and decisive remedies — which, unfortunately, they're not getting. But before we go to the video of what has and hasn't happened, let's stroll over to Ben Bernanke's "massive fiscal cliff." Be careful where you step: |  | Zorn: Stuck in the muddle with you A Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll released earlier this month found that the individual mandate in Obamacare — the requirement that, as of 2014, you'll have to have health insurance or pay a fine — is increasingly unpopular. | |  | |
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