During the Presidential campaign, we noted that then-Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin had not properly reported as taxable income the expense reimbursements she had received from the State of Alaska, where she is governor, for "travel" by her and her family members. (Some of the expenses were incurred for periods when she was staying in her own home.) We also pointed out that the state had violated its own policies in not withholding income tax on those reimbursements.

Now from Anchorage comes the news that the state has acknowledged the error of its ways. Palin and her husband will now have to pay back taxes on the reimbursements, plus interest, just as we said they must.

In other news, the Palin grandchild who was mysteriously hidden from public view for seven weeks since his birth over Christmas week has at last been wheeled out before the loving camera lens of Fox News. So now there are two babies, one of which is supposed to be Palin's own biological child. We remain unconvinced of the latter proposition, but best wishes to the entire family, wherever they may have come from.