Whip, July 7, 2011

Yesterday’s Whip brought back fond memories. Let’s do it again.

TODAY’S FEATURE ARTICLE

The Essential Rules Of Liberty [*1] “PROGRESSIVES” AND OTHER ANTI-LIBERALS

‘That’s Racist’: The accusation becomes a punch line. [*2]

Ruthless People–Libs to Ginsburg: Drop dead. [*3]

Extortion, the Left, and the Make-Work Fallacy [*4]

SPORT

Obscure balk rule under the microscope after Royals’ defeat[*5]

NEWS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE

Apartment-Dwellers Can Still Get In On July 4th Smores Fun [*6]

California Dreamin’ of Secession [*7] — That’s secession of southern California from the rest of the disaster area which is the “Golden State”

Power To the People [*8] — the “smart grid” is coming, and you may not be completely happy with the result . . .

Driest place on Earth: Atacama desert in Chile buried under feet of snow [*9]

Should Schools Still Teach Cursive? [*10]

Quote of the week – CRU is now a candidate for publication in the Journal of Irreproducible Results [*11] — Wherein we consider the difference between “science” and “literature” . . .

DEEP, MAN, REALLY, REALLY DEEP

Why Hayek should have been an anarchist [*12]

SWAMP PEOPLE (THE SWAMP ON THE POTOMAC RIVER, THAT IS)

I’m Willing to Go Along with President Obama’s “Balanced Approach” to Deficit Reduction, but Only if We Use Honest Math [*13]

Your complete guide to the history of financial crisis [*14]

Reasons to Support City Rail Plan: 1) Let’s Get Moving 2) It’s Time 3) This Is a Legitimate Plan [*15] — Actually, this comprehensively summarizes in minute detail the intricate intellectual foundations underlying most governmental programs . . .

Obama Tuesday: “Leave Political Rhetoric At The Door” . . . Obama Wednesday: “The GOP Should Not Use Debt Ceiling Fight used as a gun against the heads of the American people” [*16] — Why does any honest person think that somebody who acts like this can be negotiated with?

Want new sources of revenue? [*17] — An Instapundit modest proposal . . .

Cantor: GOP willing to talk about closing tax loopholes in debt negotiations [*18]

WOLF: ‘No drama’ Obama losing his cool–White House shows early signs of re-election panic [*19] — Obama’s cousin, a Kansas doctor, is not a fan . . .

Did Obama lie about White House salaries in Twitter town hall? [*20] — When exactly does Obama not lie?

Dozens of law professors: PROTECT IP Act is unconstitutional [*21] — If you’re on the Internet, you care about this issue, even if you don’t know about it, yet.

‘Fast & Furious’ gets hotter for Holder [*22]

Fact Check: Obama wrong on tax rates [*23]

Thinking Outside the Box: Let’s Lower the Debt Ceiling [*24]

Do we really have a revenue problem? [*25] — Short answer: no.

Deal? Boehner Says 50-50 For Debt Increase Deal By Saturday [*26]