Washington (Com)Post Wrap-Up

Some highlights from today’s Washington Post, so TtP fans can jump straight to the good stuff:

Columnist Richard Cohen calls libertarians and conservatives to task for fighting to make it harder for the government to take people's homes, while doing nothing to make it harder for the government to take people's lives.

A part of me cannot comprehend why conservatives or, especially, libertarians, cannot appreciate how "liberal" capital punishment is: government to the max. They ought to think of it as the possibly wrongful condemnation of a person -- the ultimate in eminent domain. Poor Hidalgo. Poor Griffin. If they were buildings, more people would care.

Democrats offer a “retirement” proposal that’s great for rich people but bad for low- and middle- class people who cannot afford to invest in their own retirmenet account after being forced to pay 7% of their income into social security.

The Center for American Progress has released a report that estimates it would cost $41 billion a year to even attempt to remove illegal immigrants from our country – more than the entire budget of the Department of Homeland Security.

Virginia businesses hope to buy the currently government-owned Dulles toll road.

The revenue paid by the consortium to the state could cover Virginia's share of extending Metrorail through Tysons Corner, a project estimated to cost $2.4 billion, up from the $1.5 billion figure that prevailed last year when the rail financing plan was set. The proposal would push forward the frontier inVirginia's effort to privatize its transportation system and would be the latest in a small but growing number of such deals in the nation.