Editorial: It's time for the parties to grow up

As for the New Party, now that its arch-enemy, its raison d'etre -- Lee -- has retired, it seems to have lost the will to go on. With all the New Party heavy-weights defecting to PFP, the New Party is the outdated costume no one wants to wear anymore.

One year on, we see little reason to celebrate. We can only hope that by the time another year has passed, Taiwan's parties will have put away their childish fantasies -- and tantrums -- and learned to live and work in the adult world.