Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner: The Obama administration is sending in high-ranking mediators in hopes of ending its stalemate with congressional Republicans over extending the Bush-era tax cuts. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew will meet with four lawmakers — two each from the House and Senate, Republicans and Democrats — with the aim of striking a deal on how to extend tax cuts

So asks Alex Joffe at PJM. To which the answer is simple: so long as it’s uttered in a designated free speech zone, there shouldn’t be a problem. Free speech zones are intellectually sacrosanct. It’s everywhere else that the Jews control. Ahem.

Harsanyi: You could argue that Congress has a responsibility to deal with impending issues — unemployment benefits extensions or tax hikes, for instance. But should “repudiated” officials be involved in making long-lasting decisions for all of us? Remember that the Department of Homeland Security was created in 2002 when a lame-duck Congress relied on post- 9/11 jitters to create the largest government bureaucracy in American history. A lame-duck Congress impeached