Recommended reading

• The Washington Post points out that Solyndra is just the latest in a long line of government misadventures in the energy sector. This New York Times article is a nice companion read. And see this too.

• Don Boudreaux highlights a very good, and quite succinct, letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal regarding taxes. Speaking of taxes, oh boy.

• Commonly overlooked amidst the November elections, deregulation triumphed at the ballot box in Washington state. Look for the price of booze to decline next summer. 

• This just in: California is still a mess. The gross failure of leftist policies in that state certainly seems to be lost on Rep. Nancy Pelosi. 

• John Stossel on FDA regulation run amok.