Congress's Point Man on Infrastructure Spending

As head of the House Transportationa nd Infrastructure Committee, James Oberstar will play a big role in deciding what projects will get the go-ahead

• What's in the House's Stimulus Bill?

Local Currency Use Continues to Spread

Several towns are following the trend of other locales in printing their own money as a response to the financial crisis

Inauguration Day Security: Is a Police State Necessary?

The Secret Service and the military are on something close to a war footing. Is it overkill?

• Travel News: An Inauguration Day How-To
• 10 Things to Do in Washington D.C.

How to Spend a Trillion Dollars

That's how much money Barack Obama says is needed to kick-start the economy. How he spends it could determine the fate of his presidency

• Obama Urges Congress Not to Block the Bailout
• Obama's White House
• Obama's Nation of Hope
• The Recession of 1958

ACLU Challenges Whistleblower Law Secrecy

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the constitutionality of a law that requires whistleblowers with allegations of war profiteering to file their lawsuits in secret

• Outgoing ACLU President Nadine Strossen

Swampland

Solving the Caroline Kennedy Problem

It seems to me that, at this point, there is only one course here that makes sense: Governor Paterson should appoint a well-respected figure who would agree not to run in 2010.

Real Clear Politics

Death Rattle

Honestly, if the brain trust on Michigan Avenue thinks this is going to do the trick of solving the Chicago Tribune's problems, they're in worse shape than I thought.