JEFF JACOBY: The government's college money pit. The government funds loans and keeps the interest rate low to encourage students to go further into debt to fund a baccalaureate (or higher) degree for which the employment possibilities are nil. Insanity, indeed.

WE JUST INSTALLED new countertop sinks in our master bathroom.

Our cat Diamond likes them so much she's decided to use a planter on the back porch as her new 'countertop potty'.

DEREK HUNTER: A Plumber To Snake The DC Drain. Wurzelbacher's campaign website is here.

SO NOW THE US CAN BORROW MORE. Demand for Credit in Europe Collapses.

JOHN RANSOM: Where Liberals Really Suck Eggs. Ransom responds to his commenters; some are hilarious. Read them all.

HEH. A DENTIST pulled out all her ex-boyfriend’s teeth after he dumped her for another woman – who has now left him because he is toothless. OK, it's not really funny, but you can't help but laugh....

LEFTISM AT WORK: Chaperones included in new Secret Service conduct rules. Instead of firing the miscreants and making it absolutely clear that such behaviour will not be tolerated, the administration assigns even more bureaucrats to 'chaperone' and make sure it will absolutely, positively never happen again.

What a crock.

MARK STEYN: Cuisines from my stepfather and other exploding cigars. "It’s not just that Obama ate the dog, but that he’s screwing the pooch."

Read it all.

THE MAN OF STEAL.

FOOD POLICE, run amok. There ought to be a law that no government entity can have more than, say, five regulatory agencies.

I'M FROM THE GOVERNMENT, and I'm here to help crucify you.

ARE PEOPLE really that stupid? In a word, yes.

MONA CHAREN: Carter Redux? Hopefully, but it's not a given.

NASA PROBE leaves 164-foot-deep hole in the comet Tempel-1. The pictures don't do justice to the size of the impact zone.

OBAMA'S REELECTION STRATEGY: Blame Bush again. It worked the first time....

YOUR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH does not incur an obligation on my part to listen: Anti-bullying speaker curses Christian teens -- and they walk out.

THE SUITS ARE NICE, but they're empty.

BLOG COMMENT OF THE DAY: "Obama thinks you’re stupid. And if you voted for him, he’s right.”

IT'S NOT EASY fueling green. What gets to me about the whole biofuel thing is that the enthusiasts always fail to recognize that oil is a biofuel. It was just 'planted' a few tens of thousands of years ago.

BUT SHE'S helping to spread the wealth: Michelle Obama's Spain vacation cost $467,585.