The “rush” that hurts us all is — not Rush Limbaugh — but rushing into a massive almost-$800 billion spending bill without the proper hearings, time to consider and debate. Yes, the so-called stimulus is almost the law of the land. But that does not make it the best possible stimulus bill to help revive a sick economy. In fact this is the third time in the past 6½ years that a president — twice G.W. Bush and now Barack Obama — basically has held a gun to Congress’ head and forced it to short-circuit its normal way of doing...