Tribune Editorial

International rules (thumb down) » We're shocked -- shocked! -- to learn that China cut a deal under the table to help it gain the bid for the 2008 Olympic Summer Games. The former head of the Chinese Olympic Committee has disclosed a quid pro quo in which China agreed to support the candidacy of Jacques Rogge as head of the International Olympic Committee in exchange for his vote for Beijing's bid to host the games. Utahns are better acquainted than most with the endemic corruption of the bid process, having witnessed every painful detail unfold in the scandal that engulfed Salt Lake City's successful quest for the 2002 Winter Games. In the wake of that mess, the Olympic movement vowed to clean up the process. One of the leading reformers was a Belgian named Jacques Rogge.

Flu fighters (thumb up) » The lines are gone, the options have expanded, the anger has subsided.