NEWT GINGRICH: ObamaCare's marriage penalty and divorce incentive. Believe it; here's more data.

MSNBC 'analyst' feels differently. I'll go with data.

MORE AUTUMN LEAVES: All these photos were taken in our neighborhood.

IF YOU LIKE YOUR HEALTH PLAN, you can keep your heath plan -- if Obama approves.

HEH: "As I have noted in the past, despite various people’s repeated insistence on his genius, there’s not much actual evidence that Obama is especially bright. While evidence to the contrary keeps piling up. . . ."

I MUST BE RACIST; I own a gun. It seems likely that this 'study' is simply more proof that the mentally incompetent have been institutionalized -- in academia.

AUTUMN LEAVES IV: Here's this weeks of the autumn leaves at our 'ranch':

And here's what it looks like from the front porch:

For a comparison with last week, go here.

ALL SHAM, NO WOW: How Obama measures up as a television pitchman. The video is here.

A TEST IN ALABAMA of business efforts to derail the Tea Party.

For the uninformed, a little history: in an earlier day, today's Republican establishment would have been justly described as conservative-leaning Democrats (the usual term is 'blue dog Democrats'); the so-called 'Tea Party extremists' were the 'mainstream Republicans'.

Perhaps it will be that way again someday. Someday soon.

COLLEGES CONCERNED STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) push eroding humanities. They should be less concerned with any 'STEM push' than with the 'politically correct' corruption of their precious humanities.

ANDREW KLAVAN: The sound of one hand clapping. My subtitle: Why I never go to the movies.

SHOP AROUND: Now that I've taken away the health insurance care plan you were happy with, go shop around a non-functioning web site for a more expensive plan you won't be happy with.

IT'S CAPITALISM: Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ)to Megyn Kelly on people getting dropped from insurance plans.

It's all those evil capitalists who sell bogus state-regulated insurance plans.

And of course congresscritters like Pallone can't be bothered to read (or understand) the legislation they vote for....

ADDED: Remember, Pallone rhymes with baloney.

AND THEY CALL US EXTREMISTS: New Mexico Dem Gov Candidate Alan Webber Wants HUGE Government, No Personal Ownership of Cars.

REACHING WHERE THE BRAIN CANNOT: Spinal Stimulation Gets Paralyzed Patients Moving.

NEXT YEAR Obama will be six for six in the largest budget deficits ever competition.

On the up side, it's Obama's first less-than-a-trillion dollar budget.

BREAKING NEWS: Shooting at Los Angeles Airport. One TSA Agent dead. Suspect wounded; apparently an off-duty TSA agent.

UNIONS LOSE (AGAIN): Boeing Memo Shows Intent To Build 777X Outside Washington State.

COMMON GROUND: Balance needed in government surveillance.

"DON'T DO THIS TO ME." Five little words that say it all about Obamacare.

GALACTIC WARMING? New Planet Close In Size To Earth But Much Hotter.