I WON'T PAY: "[I]f citizens quit paying taxes because the government is dominated by cronyism and corruption, the whole lefty feedlot would be gone."

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND lays off all teachers.

Welcome to the real world.

CAUGHT ON TAPE: union thug assaults female videographer. I’m looking forward to reading that he’s been charged with criminal assault, and I’m hoping that she sues the union for millions for failure to control its “protestors.”

COVERING UP: Charlie Martin is right on the merits, but is being unfair to cats.

SHOULD AWOL LAWMAKERS be punished? Overwhelmingly, Fox News readers say yes.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD poised to take a very hard fall -- and it should. And it will, if the pro-life forces just stay quiet on the sidelines.

HARRY REID CALLS FOR BAN on the "oldest profession." He wants to ban politics?

[Update & bump] Nevadans can't stop laughing.

CORE VALUES:

To Republicans, the budget fight has involved the widespread shirking of responsibilities: teachers walking out on students, legislators running away from their offices, even doctors abandoning medical standards to make excuses for perfectly healthy teacher/protesters. To Democrats, the fight has touched a core issue; anything is justified to preserve union benefits.

Read it all.

NO HOPE, but plenty of change. Federal, state and local debt hits post-WWII levels.

HOW THE LEFT sees the union crisis in Wisconsin: “as a battle for power, not income.”