DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS:

From my email.

AL-QA’IDA IS ON THE RUN; that's why we're closing 22 embassies in the Mid-East and north Africa.

OBAMA PUSHES FORWARD with anti-suburban campaign. It's much easier to control a densely packed population.

Be sure to click through to Mirengoff's earlier post.

LET'S PARTY!

GOV'T KNOWS BEST? White House creates 'nudge squad' to shape behavior. Mandates are reserved for when 'nudges' don't work....

POWERLINE'S week in pictures. Here's a sample.

NOT DISADVANTAGED BLUE-STATERS. Who serves in the military? I noticed, both times I was in Iraq.

WHY THE BRITISH MEDIA IS SO IMPORTANT: they're not nearly as PC as U.S. media. Here are two examples of what you won't find in the U.S. mainstream media.

EVEN THE NSA HAS STANDARDS:

From my email.

”WOMEN — We Treat You Like Dirt, But At Least You Can Kill Your Unborn Children!”

Proof: if any is needed.

THOMAS SOWELL: The trajedy of isolation.

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

San Antonio Spurs Lineup Set to Contest NBA Title Are Mostly Black Men

Democrats Set to Pass Obamacare Are Mostly Liberals

From this PowerLine post.

WOMEN BACK late-term abortion ban by narrow 35-point margin.

A CASE OF asses being the law.

INDIVIDUAL MANDATE: the soft underbelly of ObamaCare.

SEVENTY-SEVEN PERCENT of jobs created in 2013 are part time. So maybe we should consider a part-time Congress and President. Oh, never mind; we already have a part-time President.

THE POOR DEARS ON CAPITOL HILL don’t want to pay for their own ObamaCare. How dare they be treated like little people!

EXPLAINING WHY I PREFER PAPER (WHEN I CAN): Online bank heists just the latest in a long string.

MORNING EXAMINER: Libertarian populists giving establishment Republicans headaches. Good. It's time for the establishment (both sides) to take a hike.

THE DEATH OF POPULISM: Plenty of pleaders for rich and poor, but no politician speaks for the common man.