A lot of Dems aren’t happy about the prospects of Hillary running for president. But they have no one but themselves to blame:

I’m sorry (though, on reconsideration, there’s no obvious reason to be), but I thought that the latest issue of bloggingheads TV was hilarious. It starts out with Bob Wright dissing Ann Coulter’s ignorant screed on evolution. But I really like their letters to the editor.

Arnold Kling has an interesting essay on libertarianism and poverty, in which he notes:

If the tendency of government were to expand on its successes and cut back on its failures, then I probably would not remain a libertarian.

Much of his thesis is, of course, applicable to government versus non-government space programs as well.

The Washington Post says that there’s a growing and effective backlash against Hugo Chavez among his neighbors.

Ace Of Spades writes about the fragile egos of leftists.

I hope you’re sitting down, so you won’t fall down in amazement when I tell you that Michael Moore has been accused of using an interview out of context. The interviewee is unhappy to the tune of eighty five megabucks. It should be an entertaining trial. Unless, of course, it’s settled out of court.

The LA Times wants Bill Clinton to take charge of Turtle Bay. The up side is that they at least realize that we don’t need a President Hillary.

Mark Steyn writes about the new aristocracy on Capitol Hill. I’d love to see ballots printed with “None of the above” as an option. If that option wins the election, we start over, with no incumbents, and new primaries. Call it the American form of lack-of-confidence vote.

Sadly, the old libertarian cliche that there are far more similarities than differences between two parties seems all too true once again, particularly when it comes to corruption and lust for the acquisition and maintenance of power. Equally sadly, we continue to suffer from the phenomenon that while everyone dislikes Congress, they all love their own congressman (of a kind with the notion that everyone thinks that the economy is doing poorly, though they’re doing fine). I’d love to see a lot of Congresspeople lose their seats this fall, but this phenomenon, coupled with the entrenched positions resulting from gerrymandering by both parties, still militates against it, I suspect.

From (non-citizen) Mark Steyn. Brief, but correct:

My wife and the kids had their Green Cards stolen the other day. Cost of replacement of legal permanent resident cards: $1,040. Fine for 20 years of law-breaking within the United States: $2,000, less Social Security and EITC entitlements. Hmm.

I told the missus to hold off filling in the form for the replacement card. Having been rendered inadvertently undocumented, she may at last be in the winning category.

From (non-citizen) Mark Steyn. Brief, but correct:

My wife and the kids had their Green Cards stolen the other day. Cost of replacement of legal permanent resident cards: $1,040. Fine for 20 years of law-breaking within the United States: $2,000, less Social Security and EITC entitlements. Hmm.

I told the missus to hold off filling in the form for the replacement card. Having been rendered inadvertently undocumented, she may at last be in the winning category.