For an unparalledly good analysis of the welfare waiver issue, see these blogposts by uberblogger Mickey Kaus. And definitely read the whole thing. I’ve known Mickey since the 1980s, when he was writing for the New Republic, and he has always talked in just the style of his blogposts. It’s a case of man and medium in perfect harmony. I ran into him walking on North Ashley Street near midnight Monday and I looking back on our conversation I can see that he was obviously thinking through the second blogpost. [Maybe I was a key sounding board!—ed.]