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In West Wing: Grueling Schedules, Bleary Eyes — Michael D. Shear, Washington Post

Adrenaline-junkie behavior is rampant in the current occupant of the White House and his staff: “…Behind the scenes, it was even worse. The night before Obama announced the administration’s housing plan on Feb. 18 in Arizona, Sperling e-mailed the final documents at 3 a.m. and asked for comments. Five people responded immediately. Martin Moore-Ede, a former Harvard [...]

Conscience Protection Update: What Might Happen Next and Why You Should Care — Catherina Favazza

Deception at Core of Obama Plans — Charles Krauthammer, RealClearPolitics

100 Interview Questions You Should Be Prepared to Answer — Thad Peterson, Monster Staff Writer, InsideTech

Anger Is Crowds Overarching Emotion at McCain Rally — Michael D. Shear and Perry Bacon Jr., Washington Post

Can’t say that I blame them.

The 50 Richest Members of Congress — Roll Call

“Everything that you are about to read might be wrong. Roll Call’s annual attempt to rank the riches of Members of Congress is hampered by one fundamental flaw: It is based on the lawmakers’ financial disclosure forms, which are extraordinarily unreliable sources of information…”

Why Martin Luther King Was Republican — Frances Rice, Human Events

Of course this only makes sense given the history of the Civil War, but for some reason reading this took me aback. Some residual public school/media conditioning still held some slight sway, I guess. With this, there’s less now than there was yesterday.

‘Basic Instinct’ author writes book about faith — Toledo Blade

Boxer Bullies Senate’s Birth Doc — Debra Saunders, RealClearPolitics

Babs Boxer is harassing one of the precious few non-lawyers in our supposedly representative government [Last time I checked, though, our society was not made up of 97% lawyers, thank God]. How is discouraging a doctor from delivering babies of poor families at no cost not the behavior of a de facto eugenicist?

The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination — J.K. Rowling, Harvard Magazine.

Stolen Laptop Helps Turn Tables on Suspects — Lisa W. Foderaro, New York Times

This is a fun one. Check it out.

Man Finds God, And It’s Not ‘Doctor Who’ — Michael Hinman, SyFy Portal

Donkey Kong and Me — DadHacker

Geek Wins Copyright Lawsuit Against Corporation — kdawson, Slashdot

Sentenced to death: Afghan who dared to read about women’s rights — Kim Sengupta, UK Independent

Sorry, but no one is going to win, check out the delegate math — Thunder, Redstate

The last testament of Flashman’s creator: How Britain has destroyed itself — George Macdonald Fraser, the Daily Mail

I originally happened upon Mr. Fraser’s work while searching for another author’s work entirely. Rest in peace, sir. George MacDonald Fraser, R.I.P. — Scott Johnson, Powerline George MacDonald Fraser, R.I.P. — Sam Munson, The Horizon on Commentary Magazine To Fraser (And Flashman)! — Max Boot, The Horizon on Commentary Magazine.

Huckacide: A shiny Christmas present for the Democrats. — Rich Lowry, National Review Online

Recording Nets Charges for NY Detective — Tom Hays, AP on Breitbart