The long weekend

There's plenty to read on the Opinion pages of The Bee over the holiday weekend. Tomorrow we address the testimony of "Scooter" Libby, who may have implicated his boss, Vice President Dick Cheney, in the leak of a CIA's operative's name. We also pay tribute to an old colleague and friend, Tom Kirwan

On Sunday, we welcome Lewis Greene, the new director of the Chaffee Zoo, and raise the issue of oil companies drilling on federal; lands without returning a cent to taxpayers. Finally, we have kudos to Joey Cheek, the American Olympian who used his gold medal-winning performance to highlight tragedy in Darfur.

On Monday, our editorials contrast the performance under pressure of Abraham Lincoln and George W. Bush, and we discuss the danger of sexual predators released from jail after their sentences are up.

Tuesday, it's back to work for some of us, and we offer opinions on the old Hotel Fresno downtown and the state air board's decision to formally categorize cigarette smoke as a pollution hazard. Let us hear what you think.