The Geithner Exception

The Wall Street Journal's excellent columnist Daniel Henninger argues that Timothy Geithner, despite howls from Republicans, deserved to be confirmed as Treasury Secretary. Henninger deplores the witch-hunts that have defined Washington since the Watergate era, a slash and burn effort from both parties to discredit men and women.

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$825 Billion Spending "Stimulus", and Not One Job May Result

The Democrat “stimulus” bill -- a bill that was created behind closed doors by Democrat leadership who usurped the normal committee process -- reaches nearly a trillion dollars in spending, and the non-partisan analysts cannot guarantee that this $825 billion in proposed legislation would create one single job.

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When the State becomes God

Federal power grabs have been a bi-partisan policy, long before the War on Terror. All of these acts have created precedents for what is being done ­ or proposed ­ now.A bit of history

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