I don't need to blog when there are writers like Thomas Sowell. While I have never read an article I didn't like, and wouldn't recommend, his last set, "Dismantling America" are worth special mention.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
I wouldn't be surprised if Part 4 comes out tomorrow, so keep checking his site. Even if there isn't a next part, whatever he will have written is sure to be brilliant.

Education stimulus

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421613093659730.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

This new stimulus is worse than I understood--it's not only going to increase the debt and reward unions, it is going to force states to spend money they don't have in their budget, and leave them even more beholden to the federal government. I hope Idaho rejects this money and all the strings attached, like it did "Race to the Top" money.