Maggie's Farm

Good video of the Nashville flood. Related: Nashville flood: The South's self-help disaster

Casino Jack: Documentary goes after Abramoff -- and capitalism

The real cost of Cape Wind

Jules: Living green in California

Driscoll: Life imitates Orwell in academia

Taranto: Everything causes cancer

Venezuela economy update

Coyote: Let’s Make Sure the Internet Remains Just as Innovative as General Motors

Insty:

ARE CARBS WORSE FOR US THAN FAT? If so, can we sue the nannies who have been trying to force us to eat less fat? If nannyists and “public health” crusaders were held to the same standards as, say, drug companies, they’d all be in jail now.

Am Thinker: The Mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism

Also at Am Thinker: Feds to solve problem of children not fishing and hunting enough

Carney: Just because companies are profiting from it doesn’t make it a ‘free-market’ policy

Via Marginal Rev:

Economic enlightenment is not correlated with going to college, at least among the 4835 Americans who completed a Zogby International online survey. Economic enlightenment is highest among those self-identifying “conservative” and “libertarian,” and descends through “moderate,” “liberal,” and “progressive.” Other variables include party affiliation, religious participation, union membership, NASCAR fandom, and Wal-Mart patronage. Zogby researcher Zeljka Buturovic and Daniel Klein report.

Congressman Says Climate Science Should Be Simplified to ‘Sixth Grade Level’ Because Americans ‘Don’t Get’ It