Today was light to non-existent blogging because my daughter had a soccer tournament in New Jersey, and frankly I'm exhausted. But as inspiration fails to strike for something new tonight, I am working on two new posts for the next few days. At Delaware Watch Dana is happy about the success of Cash for Clunkers , and believes it almost singlehandedly slays the beliefs of small-government ideologues: Great news all around, right? But, reader, if you hear a note of weeping in the national celebration of this program's success, it's those economic conservatives who, for entirely doctrinaire reasons, simply cannot admit they were wrong. A government stimulus program worked—in fact, it exceeded expectations—and that must be denied at all costs. You see, if they admit that a government stimulus program worked here, then they'll have to admit that such programs might work in other aspects of the economy as well. Too bad for them. Reality is rarely kind to dogmatists. This is a...