So has your local bank announced an infusion by the Treasury yet? No? Then the Treasury might not think it is going to survive the crisis. That's how the New York Times plays it, anyhow. There is a certain bitter...

I don't care how many zeros you had on your Schedule K-1 form last quarter, it doesn't get even remotely close to the ballerishness implicit in wielding so many blank checks with the logo of the United States Treasury in...