Flat tax in Iraq: Matthew Hoy criticizes the Washington Post's treatment of Paul Bremer's decision to institute a 15% flat tax in Iraq. He believes their somwhat lighthearted attitude unfairly mocks the flat tax movement at home, and he's right. But The Post does fairly point out some of the benefits of a flat tax, including the ease of administering it and the extent it encourages compliance and discourages evasion. It also recognizes, somewhat, the success of the flat tax in both Russia and Hong Kong. I'll take it as a compliment that the best Dana Milbank can do is get Gene Sperling to make clever jokes about Steve Forbes.