• “Just once I’d like to see a candidate respond: ‘Sorry but that’s not a legitimate function of the federal govt.'” [@radleybalko] #
• Pete Warden on reasons to be cheerful [PeteSearch] #
• Ribstein: Where was SOx in all this? [Ideoblog] #
• Top banks in Russia already govt-owned, hasn’t spared them in crisis [Pierre Briançon, Breaking Views] #
• Ed Glaeser: don’t try to prop up housing prices [NYT “Economix”; related, Salmon] #
• Yes, co-blogger Ted is now on Twitter and I think he needs more followers [@tedfrank] #

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