INSURGENTS AND THE LAW: Francis Lieber and the code of conduct.

TOO MANY TARGETS, not enough robots.

“COAL-GATE?”

A TOOL FOR TEACHING KIDS about the value of a dollar and saving money.

BARACK OBAMA: I’m Not a Muslim! Forward This to Everyone You Know.

UNHAPPY WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFERINGS? Rachel Lucas has an alternative.

ARRESTED FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST TOLL ROADS? They told me that if George W. Bush were re-elected, even modest acts of dissent would be criminalized. And they were right!

IN-FLIGHT BROADBAND on Southwest Airlines. It’s about time.

THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN A NUTSHELL: “You’re Black” Versus “You’re The Boss’s Wife.”

IF YOU’RE TIRED OF “POLITICS AS USUAL,” then here’s your man woman candidate!

IS SPACE TOURISM about to take off? I certainly hope so.

ROBERT X. CRINGELY on spectrum auctions. “Why are all these companies so excited? Because the 60 MHz of spectrum that’s about to be auctioned is the last prime real estate for mobile communications that will be available in the U.S. for decades to come. . . . Some pundits (that would be me) think Google will bid to win its spectrum block, then will trade that block to Sprint/Nextel for some of that company’s 2.5-GHz WiMAX licenses that are far better suited for data.”

IN THE MAIL: Neil Vidmar & Valerie Hans’s new book, American Juries: The Verdict. Contrary to what you often hear, they think juries do a pretty good job.

REMEMBERING FRANKIE HOUSLEY: “If she had just jumped out, and left her passengers to die, she might well still be among us, maybe better known than a heroine who dies young.”

STILL MORE on P.C. absurdities at Brandeis University. They told me that if George W. Bush were re-elected, academic freedom would be threatened by the whims of unaccountable bureaucrats. And they were right!

YEP. It’s the Business As Usual GOP.

STRATEGYPAGE: “The army sets goals each year, for the percentage of troops who will re-enlist when their current enlistment (usually for four years) is up. This past year, about 14 percent of troops in each combat brigade were expected to re-enlist. Nearly all brigades exceeded this figure, with the most spectacular being the 4th brigade of the 25th Infantry division, which had 37 percent of its troops reenlist.”

Good news.

WOOING the Fredheads.

MEGAN MCARDLE, marriage-minded. Interesting discussion in the comments.

A LOOK AT Fred Thompson and the blogosphere. (Via Danny Glover).

JULES CRITTENDEN looks at Gazan possibilities.

AH, THE INNOCENT 1990S:

(Via Gateway Pundit, who notes that the 10th anniversary is this weekend). And I was a Clinton defender of sorts, even longer ago.

LATER THIS MORNING: Senate hearings on tax rebates.

MORE ON BURT RUTAN, VIRGIN GALACTIC, and SpaceShip Two.

BILL ROGGIO ON events in Diyala.