While Paul Krugman points a finger of blame at Wall Street (with some justification) for the financial meltdown and continuing to engage in dangerous practices, Ross Douthat points out that they're having more economic trouble in the high-tax Blue States than in the low-tax Red States.

Robert J. Samuelson points the spotlight on California as a bellwether state for the nation as a whole when considering the confluence of an increasing appetite for government services with a decreasing appetite to pay the taxes that sustain them.

Finally, a reminder that health care is a service, not a right.