All-Time Issues

New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress faces a minimum of 3½ years jail time if convicted of criminal handgun possession stemming from an incident in which he accidentally shot himself in the leg at a New York City nightclub.

Fortunately for the Super Bowl hero, the injury was not serious.  Unfortunately, Burress did not have a permit to carry the weapon, and the city of New York has stringent gun control laws.  Mayor Michael Bloomberg has advocated prosecuting him to the fullest extent of the law.

The "big three" of the American automobile industry, G.M., Ford, and Chrysler are in desperate need of cash.  Many Democrats in Congress back a bailout plan that would cost the taxpayers $25 billion in federal aid.  Some Republicans favor the idea of letting the companies fall into bankruptcy where they can restructure their operations, but this would perhaps cause the companies to shed hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Barack Obama has introduced his national security team on Monday.  Former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton will be the President-Elect's choice for Secretary of State, while Republican Defense Secretary Robert Gates will be keeping his current post.

Rounding out his Monday announcements, Obama named retired Marine Gen. Jim Jones as his national security adviser, Eric Holder as attorney general, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as homeland security secretary and Susan Rice as ambassador to the United Nations.

T-Mobile's G1 smartphone, the first phone to incorporate Google's Android operating system, is now in the hands of ordinary people.  With many features similar to Apple's iPhone, as well as an "open" marketplace for applications, does the G1 beat the iPhone at its own game?