Cato! You imbecile! Not now!

I have a friend who really likes and respects the Cato Institute. And even I've been known to call it one of if not the only conservative "think tanks" worth a damn. "One of the good ones," in other words.

There are no good ones:

A senior fellow at the Cato Institute resigned from the libertarian think tank on Dec. 15 after admitting that he had accepted payments from indicted Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff for writing op-ed articles favorable to the positions of some of Abramoff's clients.

I guess this is what happens when you name a "think tank" after Clouseau's ever faithful and attacking manservant...