Permissions on /var/log/ files in linux

Question

I'm tired of saying "sudo less /var/log/maillog" or "messages". Is there any non-paranoiac reason for not making /var/log/ files readable say by wheel?

Answer 1

Heck, you could always make your sudo password less and you could always assign the frequently used commands aliases.

Answer 2

For /var/log/messages you could use `dmesg -T | less +G' instead.