SENATE JACKASS strikes again.

OVERLAWYERED: never let even a manufactured crisis go to waste.

BAILING OUT – OR FORCED OUT? Christina Romer, top economic adviser to President Obama, to step down.

TEA PARTY NOT REALLY RACIST BUT SO WHAT? “Tainting the tea party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There is no evidence that tea party adherents are any more racist than other Republicans, and indeed many other Americans. But getting them to spend their time purging their ranks and having candidates distance themselves should help Democrats win in November. Having one’s opponent rebut charges of racism is far better than discussing joblessness.”

PROPOSITION 8: “[The] decision is the fruit of a lengthy process through which an elite within the legal profession has worked tirelessly in an effort to blur ... the distinction between the law and personal preferences of that elite. If the decision stands, its main impact will be a diminution, probably past the tipping point, of public confidence in the law and the courts.”

INCENTIVES ARE FOR ME, not for thee. Jacoby is too optimistic.

MOCK THEM.

THE DEVIL YOU KNOW versus the devil you don’t. It’s time to take the risk.

THE CALIFORNIA DREAM (FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES) is about to expire.

More here.

MISSION CREEP: another charity victim of its own success.

ANOTHER CHERISHED MYTH CRUSHED: more public transportation, less traffic.

Link from the Washington Examiner.

TRUTH IN POLITICS: forget the noble reasons politicians give us for their regulation -- there's probably a campaign contributor who stands to get rich behind the bill.

ENGINEERING PORN from Neal Boortz. He’s right; it’s a fascinating exercise in how to build a railroad.

EXCESSIVE SAFETY can be hazardous to your health.

CONSERVATIVES ARE NOT ONLY SMARTER AND MORE PATRIOTIC THAN LIBERALS, we’re also better-looking.

IS A SUBSIDIZED PRESS A FREE PRESS? Jeff Jacoby comments.

JEFFREY KUHNER: Should Arizona secede?

I’m beginning to think that the threat may be necessary.

IT’S TIME to choose.

THE AD FROM THE DNC seeking to link the Republican Party with the (horrors!) tea party presents a 10-item "Republican Tea Party Contract on America" to “frighten the heck out of John Q. Public.” They are:

Item 1: "Repeal Health Insurance Reform."
Item 2: "Privatize Social Security or Get Rid of It."
Item 3: "End Medicare as it Presently Exists."
Item 4: "Extend the Bush Tax Breaks for the Wealthy and Big Oil."
Item 5: "Repeal Wall Street Reform."
Item 6: "Protect Those Responsible for the Oil Spill."
Item 7: "Abolish the Department of Education."
Item 8: "Abolish the Department of Energy."
Item 9: "Abolish the Environmental Protection Agency."
Item 10: "Repeal the 17th Amendment (direct election of Senators)."

Hey, getting 8 out of 10 items right ain’t bad. I’ll leave it to the reader to guess which two of the ten I might have some disagreement with.

THE LEFT: all race, all the time. “It seems that only conservatives covet living in a post-racial society.”