Bob Franken: Cold Weather, Cold Heart

Just to set the tone, I despise winter. This is being written as I sit in my Washington house looking through the window at 2 feet or so of snow, snarling at anyone who says it's a pretty winterscape. There is no such thing. But being imprisoned does give one time to think

First of all, I have some sympathy for the municipal officials here who rarely get snow removal right. It's not like we're in an uninhabitable location, like Canada, Chicago or Cleveland, where frigid climate is routine. Those locations can maintain huge inventories of heavy equipment that are almost as large as the fleets o...