• Trade wrap from Scott Lincicome
• Johanns slams Dems' alternative to his 1099 repeal bill - Repeal Or Bust for small businesses.
• FDIC Adds Two New Divisions to Gear Up for Dodd-Frank Act - and you get to pay for them. 
• The Myth of Authoritarian Growth - Shining light on “enlightened” despots .
• Of Entrepreneurs, Pastors, and Politicians - Ryan Streeter writes on this Rasmussen poll:

...the result shows something quite interesting about the American psyche. I’ve written elsewhere about how Indian and American entrepreneurs are alike, especially in one key area: they start their businesses not to make more money (as, say, Chinese entrepreneurs do) but to achieve greater independence. Americans appreciate this fundamental trait of the enterprising class—namely, that entrepreneurs represent freedom and opportunity more than money.

The guardians of faith (clergy) and the protectors of the American ideal (entrepreneurs) help us understand who we are and what we want to be. It shouldn’t be a big surprise, then, that people who want to use our money to tell us what to do or think—be they journalists or congressmen—rub us Americans the wrong way.