Editorial: Our bacon is burning

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby says the national debt is at the top of his "fix-it" list. He vowed to do “what it takes to save the nation, regardless of my political future.”Citing U.S. debt that rose from $909 billion in 1980 to $13.5 trillion last year, Sen. Shelby remarked that the nation’s financial house is on fire. It’s interesting to note that Shelby has been in Congress since he was first ...