Howard M. Metzenbaum, Democrat, former senator from Ohio, died Wednesday in Florida at the age of 90. His obituary in today’s Washington Post quotes Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D.-Mass.) ...

More than 10 percent of current senators first entered the chamber through appointment. Their numbers will soon grow.

Ohio elected a Jewish lawyer from Cleveland to the U.S. Senate once before -- Howard Metzenbaum, 1976 -- so there is precedent for Eric Fingerhut. Of course, back in Howard's day, the state ...