TAXPROF: STANFORD ALUMNUS SAYS THAT Stanford is violating the Solomon Amendment. Actually, if you read the full story, it’s “at risk” of violating the Solomon Amendment. And there’s this: “The U.S. Department of Defense referred calls to the U.S Department of Justice, which had no comment at press time.”

UPDATE: Lawprof Tom Smith asks: “Did Stanford’s office of general counsel approve this letter? Whose brilliant idea was this? Normally it’s a good idea in a big university that gets hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, to run what is arguably a violation of federal law that could jeopardize that funding, by some cool headed lawyer type who can weigh the benefits of the proposed action (which in this case are — what exactly?) against the risks (at least a small possibility of a really bad outcome, and the certainty of appearing ineffectual, self-impressed and sanctimonious). But if so many law professors signed the letter, it must be legal, right? I mean it; that was a serious question! Stop laughing!”

I’m trying to stop, but . . . .

BUSTED! Hillary Campaign Acknowledges That County Chair Backing Hillary Passed Along Obama Muslim Smear Email.

Marc Ambinder has more.

OMAR FADHIL: What happens after the surge.

Plus, Bill Roggio: Iran’s ratlines into Iraq.

WHAT HAYEK MIGHT THINK about Hugo Chavez.

BANNING HUMANS ON MARS: And how to get around it. Thanks, Congress! It reminds me of when Chinese court politics led to a ban on overseas exploration in the 15th Century, just as the Europeans were starting. That worked out well for the Chinese. The difference is that in China, the eunuchs were in favor of exploration . . . .

RON PAUL: Libertarian Enemy Number One?

PERU: Latin America’s next success story?

TROUBLE FOR HUCKABEE?

Plus, Huckabee on foreign policy. What NIE report? This is what happens when you move up in the polls.

UPDATE: Ann Althouse: “Will this doom the Huckabee campaign? It should.”

MORE: David Weigel doesn’t expect a Huckabacklash: “The fact is that reporters really, really like Huckabee. One reason is his general affability but another is something the other GOP candidates can’t steal: His liberalism.” Except on, you know, creation science and abortion, I guess.

BOB KRUMM HAS THOUGHTS on Hillary, Kindergarten, and privacy.

BBC “TOOK TERRORIST TRAINERS PAINTBALLING:” Because nothing says “journalistic detachment” like helping terrorists brush up on their fire-and-movement skills.

THOUGHTS ON FACEBOOK AND PRIVACY, from Daniel Solove.

IN THE MAIL: E.J. Dionne’s new book, Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right. Dionne proclaims the death of the Religious Right as a political influence, which seems to me to be an exaggeration. In fact, they’ve achieved a lot of their goals in terms of shifting the debate their way — just listen to the Democratic candidates talk about the importance of religion, and note that vocal pro-choice politics have been marginalized in the Democratic Party and eliminated in the Republican Party — and they’re still around, if lacking the energy they had in the 1980s. Dionne seems to want to see more from the Religious Left, too. We’re likely to see that, since — as I’ve noted before — Hillary is very much a member of the Religious Left.

SARKOZY WANTS TO lift the arms embargo on China.

GREENHOUSE UPDATE: ENVIRONMENTALISTS SUE to block wind power.

SHOULD WOMEN GET MARRIED? The latest Ask Dr. Helen column is up!

VIDEO: COPS FORCED TO chase doughnut truck.

GREENHOUSE UPDATE: “More than 10,000 jet into Bali for global warming conference. “ You just can’t make this stuff up. Sadly, you don’t have to.

JOHN BIRMINGHAM DEFENDS soulless postmodern materialism. And where’s my 108″ LCD TV?

HEH: “On the other hand, maybe a miracle will happen and the atmosphere will not be damaged.”

A “CHICK FLICK” for guys.

POLITICAL PROGRESS IN IRAQ? Jules Crittenden reports.

PORKBUSTERS UPDATE: Some insight into the power of the pork issue:

House Republicans have been fighting and winning the few little battles they can, considering they are in the minority in a body where the minority has few rights. But tonight they won big on a motion to recommit the Intelligence Authorization Act to committee, with instructions to remove all earmarks from the bill.

This is one of many such little wins the House GOP has enjoyed, peeling off moderate and marginal-seat Democrats as they do so. The committee is not obligated to follow the instructions, but they can only ignore them if Democratic leaders are willing to ram the earmarks through, over a clear majority vote of the House.

It may just be a symbolic vote, but it demonstrates just how powerful the Democrats think the earmark issue is — 62 Democrats voted with a unanimous Republican caucus, including many of the most vulnerable: Boyda (Kan.), McNerney (Calif.), Lampson (Tex.) and Chris Murphy (Conn.), to name a few.

If Republicans have any chance of winning back the majority next year, the earmark issue holds forth more hope for them than any other issue right now.

Unfortunately, as noted, the Senate Republicans haven’t gotten the word.

RONALD REAGAN or Jimmy Carter.

HUCKABEEING AND NOTHINGNESS: Great title.

ALCEE HASTINGS resigns from Intel committee. That seems like a good thing, though Hastings disagrees:

In an interview with Congressional Quarterly in April, Hastings expressed some anger at “Democrats in high places” who made an issue — during his bid for the chairmanship — of the fact that he was impeached and removed from office as a federal judge in 1989 on corruption and perjury charges.

Yeah, can you believe they’d be so uptight?