TIME FOR PRAISE - AT 8:37 A.M. ET:  We haven't had much occasion on which to praise the Obama administration here, but we have pledged fairness.  Here is something to praise, from the Washington Post:

Federal agencies will soon have the option of hiring certain military spouses without having them compete for federal jobs, under new guidelines the Obama administration issued Wednesday.

The rules apply to the spouses of military service members relocating for a new assignment, some physically disabled spouses, and those whose husband or wife was killed in the line of duty. The widow or widower must remain unmarried before getting a job.

COMMENT:  Good!  This is a preference program that makes sense, and returns us to the moral obligation that we once felt toward soldiers and their families.  I am guessing, and only guessing, that Michelle Obama had something to do with this.  If so, she deserves public credit, and we'll be the first to give it.

August 13, 2009