Instead, we need a long-term, comprehensive and compassionate program to ween ourselves from the nanny-state and its attendant, non-productive bureaucracies.

FORBES: Two Cheers For A Big U.S. Trade Deficit

Its high time we end this monopoly and make good use of the military budget to reinvest in US renewables and finally ween ourselves off of oil for once and for all.

FORBES: Solar: Jefferies Wary On JASO, STP, TSL; Demand Weak

Aaron Freeman, better known as Gene Ween of the band Ween, is releasing an album of McKuen songs this week: "Marvelous Clouds" (Partisan), a loving review of Mr. McKuen's most familiar compositions, performed with charm and reverence.

WSJ: Rod McKuen | Gene Ween, Roses Are Red | By Jim Fusilli