April 13, 2011 10:48AM 

# Wednesday Links 

By George Scoville 

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- “Whatever your views on climate change, [you ought to find it unsettling](http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/04/congress-has-become-least-dangerous-branch) that, here and elsewhere, most of the actual ‘law’ in this country is crafted by unelected executive-branch bureaucrats.”
- “The Framers’ Constitution [freed us](http://www.politico.com/arena/perm/Roger_Pilon_D49B2062-265D-4DB2-BC85-C5B90070E972.html), to make our own individual choices.”
- “The world’s dictators are fleeing for their lives, all because of [Secretary Clinton’s efforts](http://spectator.org/blog/2011/04/12/hillary-clintons-bizarre-lesso).”
- “Total spending jumped by almost $2 trillion during the Bush-Obama spending binge, so [a $39 billion cut](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704662604576257111461177364.html#U402163075382P2E) is almost too small to mention.”
- The Founders would agree with the idea that “[it should be hard to get into wars and easy to leave them](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-video/john-samples-looks-president-obamas-justification-war-libya)”:

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