Gonzo Gone:

The fourth high level priest of the Bush administration resigned this morning. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales turned in his resignation, joining Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, and Rove in the category of once-powerful-now-gone Bush office holders. (See the Salon.com story here.)


Health Care:

Our good buddy, Paul Krugman, over at The New York Times, bemoans the fact that conservatives are opposed to free health care for children, and he compares health care to public education. According to Paul, we have public education because "it's the American way," but the truth is that we have public (taxpayer funded) education in this country because employers need an educated workforce to exploit. Public education was created in this country specifically so that taxpayers could fund the private sector's workforce. Otherwise, the private sector would be required to educate and train its own workforce. When the private sector believes it's to its benefit to provide health care for children, then conservatives will demand it.