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.

JAMES TARANTO: The Banality of Evil Bias.

'ELECTRONIC NOSE' developed at NASA Ames Research Center. To be sure, I can see the benefits. I can also see the potential for snooping.

POLITICAL CALCULATIONS: Is it time to bail out of the stock market? For what it's worth, despite my advanced age, I'm still in it for the long haul....

WORRISOME: Maybe North Korea does have the capability to put a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile.

MSNBC ON THE GOSNELL ABORTION TRIAL: It's not news.

GUN CONTROL MADE EASY. According to the latest release of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), the soon-to-be-released fifth edition of the 'psychiatric bible', the odds will probably be greater than 50 percent that you’ll have a mental disorder in your lifetime.

And once you're found to be mentally 'unhealthy' and have your gun rights taken away, you'll never get them back.

ENVIRONMENTALISM FALLS FLAT: Plaintiffs 'experts' disavow their own work.

YOU DON'T NEED TO SAVE FOR RETIREMENT since it will be government-provided.

Welcome to Cyprus.

BLOOMBERG: the Obama budget. The graphic is interesting, but essentially worthless since it shows only the size of the change and not the size of the total budget allocation. It would be useful, perhaps, if it were in terms of percentage change.

The discussion is here.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY released personal information on potentially thousands of farmers and ranchers to environmental groups. Obviously it was done to 'protect the children'.