THE CASE AGAINST DESPAIR

Fred Barnes has this crazy idea that we can actually shrink the federal government.

CONGRESS OUT OF CONTROL

There is a terrific discussion at Patterico's Pontification about which branch of government is really out of control. The conversation deals with executive privilege and which branch of government is mounting an assault on prosecutorial independence. Contrary to conventional wisdom, Mr. Patterico argues that there is an assault - but that it is Congress that is out of control.