A SECOND AMENDMENT DEBATE: Dave Hardy has all the links.

HSU HSPREADING MONEY AROUND:

Disgraced fund-raiser Norman Hsu did a lot more than just pump $850,000 into Hillary Clinton’s campaign bank account: He also raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local, state, and federal candidates who have endorsed Clinton or whose support she courted. . . .

In at least some cases, Clinton or her aides directly channeled contributions from Hsu and his network to other politicians supportive of her presidential campaign, according to interviews and campaign finance records. There is nothing illegal about one politician steering wealthy contributors to another, but the New York senator’s close ties to Hsu have become an embarrassment for her and her campaign.

Obviously there was a closer connection than mere check-writing. It sounds like he was an integral part of the campaign.

NORM GERAS HAS THOUGHTS on the denial of human nature.

IRAQI CIVIL WAR AVERTED? “I suppose that Karen DeYoung’s story could have been buried deeper in the Washington Post, but it would take some effort.”

GARRY KASPAROV ON PUTIN: “In Kasparov’s view, the main goal of Russian foreign policy is to raise the oil price, no matter what – that’s why the tensions in the Middle East are so important to Putin.” This would explain a lot.

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY of Little Rock.

BEAUCHAMP UPDATE: Apparently heads are rolling at TNR, just quietly. (Via Bob Owens).

TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES FOR LAWYERS? That’s surely in service of the public good!

PRE-GAMING TOMORROW’S Larry Craig hearing. Can’t he just resign?

ANOTHER MEMBER OF CONGRESS RETURNS FROM IRAQ, with a report.

THIS SHOULD BE FUN: Nader 2008!

DAVID BERNSTEIN on politics in academia.

A SAFFRON REVOLUTION? Richard Fernandez on what’s happening in Burma.

THOUGHTS ON a culture of efficacy.

ANDREW BREITBART to David Ehrenstein, in the Los Angeles Times: “I have no false hope that the Gulfstream-flying, eco-warrior billionaires that propagate Westside L.A.’s convoluted, one-way dialogue will begin to show their gratefulness to this country. . . . Just don’t try to sell me that Brian De Palma and George Clooney are making brave gestures when they churn out antiwar films and make self-congratulatory award show pronunciations. Just admit it: Your idols simply toe the company line.”

HILLARY’S BRILLIANT STRATEGY, REVEALED: “I’m ready to vote for her if she maintains that hawkish edge. That is, I think there’s a hawkish edge in there somewhere, since she going to so much trouble to hide what must be it.”

On the other hand: “Edwards isn’t dumb and confused. He’s smart and strategic.”

MIKE HUCKABEE is not a libertarian.

AMAZON IS NOW SELLING DOWNLOADABLE MP3s without copy protection. Megan McArdle tried it, and likes it.

DAVE KOPEL FINDS A RIGHT TO ARMS in a surprising place.

LANGUAGE TOOLS.

MICHAEL SILENCE: “So, what, now we need the increased cigarette taxes to pay for monitoring purchases of cigaret