Cheer up. PLO police are on the job in Gaza.

We are told on the one hand that Dan Rostenkowski's lawyers are cutting a deal with federal prosecutors and on the other that everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a fair and public trial. Sort of makes you stop and stutter.

The Constellation has departed on what we hope is not its last voyage.

"L.A. Law" is over. Which is too bad. Getting a complex legal case settled in five minutes is about right.