Argus: AS a liberal columnist, criticizing the antics of the Bush administration could understandably be viewed as an exercise in overkill. There has been so much to critique over the years; the challenge is to not make their actions the default position when deciding on a topic to write about. But the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent decision to deny California and 16 other states the right to set their own standards for carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles is so outlandish …