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No good deed goes unpunished, and Congressman Barney Frank, the ultimate Massachusetts Democrat, has been reprimanded by the House, 408 to 18, for the crime of taking a young man off the street, trying to help him find a job, and fixing a few parking tickets for him. It just goes to show the limits of private charity. Next time, Barney, let the government do it.

William Brennan may be gone, but his sidekick Thurgood Marshall is still with us, crankier than ever. Speaking of George Bush on ABC’s PrimeTime Live, he remarked: “If you can’t say something good about a dead person, don’t say it. Well, I consider him dead.” How gracious. Marshall added that he doesn’t intend to leave the Court until he dies. We’ll know that’s happened when he stops snoring.

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No good deed goes unpunished, and Congressman Barney Frank, the ultimate Massachusetts Democrat, has been reprimanded by the House, 408 to 18, for the crime of taking a young man off the street, trying to help him find a job, and fixing a few parking tickets for him. It just goes to show the limits of private charity. Next time, Barney, let the government do it.

William Brennan may be gone, but his sidekick Thurgood Marshall is still with us, crankier than ever. Speaking of George Bush on ABC’s PrimeTime Live, he remarked: “If you can’t say something good about a dead person, don’t say it. Well, I consider him dead.” How gracious. Marshall added that he doesn’t intend to leave the Court until he dies. We’ll know that’s happened when he stops snoring.