SPEAKING OF ISLAM.

MORE ON HILLARY’S TEARS, from The Anchoress.

Plus, “Convince me of the merits of Mitt.”

OUCH: “I’m a young male Democrat, and I support … Hillary Clinton. I may be the loneliest man at Georgetown University, where I’m practically a social pariah. Supporting Hillary on a college campus this year is like being a Yankees fan at a Red Sox game, a Barry Manilow lover at a Radiohead concert.”

Hillary supporters are hard to find among Georgetown faculty, too.

RACE, CLASS AND GENDER on the campaign trail.

IN COLOMBIA, hundreds of thousands march against FARC. If they were protesting Bush, or global warming, it would lead tonight’s network news. . . .

UPDATE: Carter Wood notes the importance of passing the Colombia Free Trade Agreement: “Opponents should look at the photos of the millions of Colombians marching today and ask themselves, ‘Should we really be telling them just to go to hell?'”

THE TENNESSEE CONSERVATIVE UNION endorses John McCain.

UPDATE: Romney, surging in Georgia?

TASTE-TEST COMPARISON: Store-bought parmesan cheese.

DO BLOGS MATTER IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS? Last time around, I said they’d probably matter in the primaries — when it’s mostly about a comparatively small number of tuned-in voters — but not so much in the general election. With the Rathergate affair, that was proved spectacularly wrong as the explosion of CBS’s bogus story may well have swung that close election, not only because it shut down a particular anti-Bush story but because it made other, similar stories less likely, and less believable. So who knows? So far I’d say blogs haven’t made much of a difference. But the election is nowhere near over.

Plus, “Republicans, they thirst for death.”

PELOSI: No earmark moratorium for Democrats. I think she’s handing the G.O.P. an issue, especially if McCain gets the nomination.

MCCAIN AND JUDGES: Thoughts from Steve Calabresi and John McGinnis.

THOSE “EUREKA MOMENTS” usually come after years of hard work. Yep.

I think that too many people like the idea of brilliance, where ideas come easily in a flash of inspiration, because it lets them off the hook — no hard work required, and if you’re not one of those brilliant people, why try? — but alas it doesn’t work that way. As Thomas Edison supposedly said, 99% perspiration, 1% inspiration.

MEGAN MCARDLE corrects Paul Krugman on health care costs. Plus, an amusing Simpsons quote in the comments.

PRESS DUELS WITH OBAMA over access.

MIRACLES OF ARCHITECTURE.

FROM GIZMODO, a look at the best ancient gadgets.

RECYCLING TWO-YEAR-OLD CRITICISMS OF U.S. STRATEGY as if they were new? “This written testimony was issued eleven months before President Bush proposed the ‘surge’ of American troops into Iraq, almost eleven months before General David Petraeus was confirmed as the new Commanding General, Multi-National Force – Iraq, and a full year prior to the beginning of the buildup of American forces beginning in February of 2007 as part of the new Strategy for Iraq.” That’s not “news.” It’s “olds.”

EMPTY SEATS AT OBAMA EVENTS: A photo you probably haven’t seen elsewhere.

IF YOU MISSED IT THIS WEEKEND, say because you have a life or something, don’t forget to check out our controversial Mitt Romney podcast interview.

UPDATE: More on Romney’s gun problem here.

A LIST OF LAW SCHOOLS ENDANGERED BY the ABA’s new 75% bar passage accreditation standard.

MICHAEL TOTTEN POSTS ANOTHER REPORT FROM FALLUJAH: It’s a must-read. As always, if you like his reporting, consider hitting the tipjar. That’s how he gets paid.