BIDEN SAYS 'NOT ME': Putin, Big Oil, and COVID to blame for surging gas prices and inflation.

JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE lies in court filing.

WHAT'S TO EXAMINE IN AN EMPTY SPACE? Science should analyze what’s left of Joe Biden’s brain.

As Instapundit is fond of saying, "Harsh, but fair."

COVID MANDATES DID ONE THING REALLY WELL: Erode public trust in government.

IT'S BEING HELD IN RESERVE FOR THE MID-TERMS: What the new COVID scare is going to be.

Don't buy it.

THE DIPLOMAD ON UKRAINE: What now?

BUY AN ELECTRIC CAR and pay even more to fuel it. Even electricity costs money and fast charging technology is expensive. If you drive a lot (like for business) and aren't home every night to recharge, you could be in for a helluva surprise.

Linked from Instapundit.

YECCH: Chasten Buttigieg leads kids in pledge to the gay flag.

EXPLAINING WHY Putin, Xi, Kim Jong-un, et.al. aren't worried.

THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: Inflation-adjusted, of course.

THERE MAY BE A BRIGHT SIDE to our open southern border (see update).

FACT CHECK.

FROM POWERLINE'S Week in Pictures, I have a favorite and an almost-favorite. Here's the favorite, a question for Mayor Pete:

And this would be the favorite ...

.... except that alternative is worse.

Go see the rest. There are many good ones this week.

HIGHER EDUCATION snowflake alert.

DILBERT explains the Peter Principle.

HAVE THEY EVER NOT LIED? Democrats have started lying about Florida's Stop WOKE act.

Florida, with Gov. Ron DeSantis, may be America's last free state....

IF ALL YOU HAVE IS A BANDAID: Bipartisan support growing for suspending the gas tax.

Well, I'm all for lowering taxes. And since under the Biden administration's 'infrastructure plan' the gas tax only pays for nonracist bridges and bike paths it's as good place to start as any.

HIGH PRICES AND AMERICANS SUFFERING: The Democrats' 'new normal'.

DEFUND THE POLICE. Just not our police.

As part of the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill released Wednesday, the $5.9 billion fiscal 2022 Legislative Branch funding portion would substantially boost the office budgets of House members to pay staff more and seeks to enable the Capitol Police department to hire more officers.

For you peons outside our Washington enclave, "Meh!"

THE GEEK IN PICTURES looks at inflation and other economic topics.

Surprise, surprise -- 2021 was a pretty bad year on all fronts....