- The biggest Libertarian media star is not a very good Libertarian. He is a very good self-promoter, though.
- Paul Krugman for director of the OMB!
- John Derbyshire wrote a really great piece about how he loves Israel and doesn’t give a shit about the Congo because Israelis aren’t black.
- Oh, hey, that rabbi who ended Helen Thomas’ career made a “funny”/incredibly racist Internet video.
- The federal judge who struck down the deep-water drilling moratorium owned stock in Transocean.
- Matthew Continetti has a piece on the Tea Party movement at the Weekly Standard. The Glenn Beck stuff is especially good.
- South Carolina: Don’t forget to vote! A black person might beat a (white) descendant of Strom Thurmond.
Tuesday link dump: McChrystal light edition
Bad libertarians, Glenn Beck's Bircher roots, an uncomfortable defense of Israel, and an unlikely OMB suggestion
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