Author and cultural commentator Mark Steyn filled in for El Rushbo on Tuesday.

"You cannot grow an economy by raising taxes; you can only shrivel an economy." -- Mark Steyn

"Republicans and conservatives need to think about the end game in all this.  What do you want things to look like when we've had our fun with a cabinet of people who don't pay their taxes?" -- Mark Steyn

• AP: Official: Performance Czar Withdraws Candidacy

"This is America today, folks.  Killefer didn't pay the employment taxes on two nannies. You think to yourself, wow, two nannies, is she like that woman who had all the babies in California? No, she's got a teenage boy and a teenage girl!" -- Mark Steyn

• WT: Daschle Withdraws His Nomination

"Our legislators should be subject to the same rules as every other citizen in this republic." -- Mark Steyn

• NYT: The Travails of Tom Daschle
• WP: Driving Mr. Daschle Out?

"There are people out there willing to pay six-figure sums to hear a speech by Tom Daschle, and they say there's a recession on?  Ha!" -- Mark Steyn

• NYT: Gregg Nominated for Commerce Post
• WP: Challenges Await Gregg at Commerce

"I deeply regret the New York Times introducing politics into what ought to be a bipartisan confirmation process." -- Mark Steyn

• WP: Holder Sworn in as Attorney General

"There is nothing America can't do if it puts its mind to it." -- Mark Steyn

• FOX: Poll: Americans Oppose Obama's First Two Executive Orders
• USAToday: Poll: 48% Say News Media Are 'About Right' on Obama Coverage, 
But 38% Say Media Aren't 'Tough Enough'

"Zimbabwe, which has the highest rate of inflation in the world, has removed twelve zeros from its currency. I think that's what we need to do to the stimulus package."-- Mark Steyn

• BBC: Zimbabwe Dollar Sheds 12 Zeros