HEH.

'MEATLESS MONDAYS' reduce the threat of cow farts. A more appropriate day for the USDA to 'promote' is Food Stamp Friday.

HEALTH AFFAIRS BLOG: why prices matter. Part I is here; Part II is here.

Goodman's healthcare contract with America is here. About the only thing I would add is a restriction on government (state or federal) mandating coverage limits.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The Road Warrior Is Here. And it's not a pretty sight.

MICHELLE MALKIN: The Feds' War on ... Buckyballs!

CHICAGO (AND BOSTON) don't represent American values. I don't particularly care for chicken, especially on sandwiches, but I'll be eating at Chick-fil-A much more often in the future.

ABSOLUTE PROOF that the Nanny State is here.

APPLE SAYS No Yes to IEEE's 'green' standard. My question is this: what does "easy disassembly of external enclosure" have to do with being environmentally friendly?

UH, OH: the kilogram is getting slimmer.

THE CORNER: Culture Is Not Race. And some cultures are inherently superior to others, despite the insistence of progressives.

ROMNEY IS RIGHT, culture matters. But it's politically incorrect to state the obvious.

CIVILIAN DRONES to search for downed power lines during blackouts. What I don't understand is the emphasis on UAVs, when a rented Cessna 152 with an observer on board would be equally -- if not more -- effective.

TOM FITTON: Crony capitalism, Countrywide and Congress. Since corruption in government is almost inevitable, the obvious solution is to reduce the size of government.

THEY'LL TURN US ALL INTO BEGGARS 'CAUSE THEY'RE EASIER TO PLEASE: Under a Second Obama Term, a More Dependent Nation.

HEH: Senate Panel Approves Bill Exempting U.S. From EU Carbon Rule.

TEN CONCEPTS liberals simply cannot understand.

SEQUESTRATION BITES BACK.

By law, this January the Obama administration must cut defense spending by at least $50 billion. Defense contractors have warned that if these cuts occur on schedule, they will have to lay off more than one million employees, many of whom live in the swing state of Virginia. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires large employers to notify employees 60 days in advance of layoffs caused by a foreseeable event. That means defense contractors would have to tell many of their employees they are about to be unemployed on the Friday before President Obama is scheduled to appear on the ballot for reelection.

For some reason, Obama does not want this to happen. So, this past Monday, Obama’s Labor Department issued a guideline instructing defense contractors to ignore the law and not send layoff notices to their employees. Most defense contractors are expected to ignore Obama’s request. “The Labor Department doesn’t determine whether a company has failed to give the warn notices,” Kirkland and Ellis lawyer John Irving told The Hill. “Even the Labor Department has said, in advisory interpretations of the WARN Act, that when in doubt you are supposed to give notice.”

Since Obama can’t force private companies to break the law, his administration is trying to shift blame for the defense cuts to Republicans. “The root cause of the problem here is the Republican refusal to acknowledge that the top 2 percent have to pay their fair share,” White House Office of Management and Budget acting director Jeffrey Zients testified ....

Those damned unintended consequences again....

THE ROAD to repealing ObamaCare is littered with Democrat obstructionism.

LIBERALS TAKE NOTE: Chick-fil-A set a new world record in sales on 'Appreciation Day'. And everything I've read indicates it was because of liberal bullying and not Christianity.

More Townhall political cartoons here.

HARRY REID is guilty of tax evasion until he proves himself innocent. In response to this post.

COMPLETELY PREDICTABLE: Medical device company decides to scrap expansion plans due to ObamaCare tax on medical devices. "Unfortunately, we have had to shelve these expansion plans and look overseas ... "

THE AMERICAN PROSPECT: Do We Need a New Voting Rights Act? Only if you want those who are completely incompetent to live their own lives to vote.

STEVE McCANN: Obama's Second Term Transformation Plans. Okay, this is a bit over the top, but conspiracy theory ignored, this is an accurate representation of the progressive left's certainty that they -- and they alone -- know what's best for the proletariat and must have unlimited power to do what's 'right'.

Here's another McCann selection to peruse.

UNSUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS: "Spending other people’s money is what the left does best, so it’s no surprise congressional Democrats would come up with a scheme to bankroll pet causes with cash from retirees."

Not from my retirement accounts....

WITH CRUZ VICTORY IN TEXAS, is the Tea Party the new 'Establishment'? Not yet, but you're getting the idea....