IMMIGRATION, SOCIAL SECURITY, AND THE BUDGET. I'm skeptical, because I don't think the analysis takes into account the long-term effects of the increased productivity of the immigrants children and grandchildren. Yet to be fair, the current multi-culti, politically correct victim culture may inhibit those very same children and grandchildren from ever becoming productive citizens.

WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: The Bush years, parts one and two.

RUN, HIDE, FIGHT. When seconds count, the police are typically minutes away.

WHERE IS THE CALL for sword control?

OBAMACARE AUTHOR: "a huge train wreck [is] coming down." And now that he's done all the damage he can, Max Baucus is retiring.

THE WHIMPERING of the lambs.

Say it with me: "No more."

SHOCKING NEW GUN CONTROL AD. If we're handing out awards for ignorance, this is certainly 'A' level material.

TOO LATE: Let’s hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American. The Left cannot stand to see it's favorite multicultural tropes shredded.

BUMPER STICKER seen on the road this morning:

SECOND AMENDMENT: the original Homeland Security

Not to mention the best homeland security.

IN THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE, first let's control the borders. And new data suggests we're doing a piss-poor job of it.

I see nothing in the immigration bill before Congress that suggests that border control will improve before 'shamnesty' is granted.

THOMAS SOWELL: Gun control laws don't control guns, they control people.

A FREE-MARKET APPROACH to Medicaid. But, but ... the ruling class can't control how it's spent!

That's called a feature, not a bug.

THE CHAINED CPI: A Bad Deal All Around. The liberals at Daily Kos are aghast at the possible move to the chained CPI for Social Security, which to my mind is a strong argument in its favor. Andrew Biggs makes the conservative case against its use.

NEWT GINGRICH: Boston, Philidelphia, and contemporary culture.

BACK AT ATROCITY RANCH, it's only news when it's consistent with the liberals' narrative.

ASTRONAUTS should return to the moon as a way station to Mars.

EXAMINER EDITORIAL: Gang of Eight immigration reform fails accountability test.

Much more here.

CHARLTON HESTON: “Political correctness is tyranny with manners.” Updated.

FAA FURLOUGHS BEGIN: despite the FAA's best efforts, almost no one notices.

But you can't fault the White House for not trying.

POLITICAL CALCULATIONS: Who Really Isn't Paying Their Fair Share of Income Taxes?

DEREK HUNTER: Progressives’ Ultimate Fetish.

I'm struck by this quote from Marc Ambinder: "He suggests we consider 'the possibility that something about America is radicalizing people of all sorts'."

Ambinder's right about that, and he's among the very ones who are 'radicalizing people of all sorts' are the progressives who keep demanding that everyone (except white males over 50) be a victim. I suggest that it's the progressives' insistence that everyone must be a victim is the driving force that moves otherwise normal people to violence.

CALIFORNIA: Stop me before I buy something.