A BOGUS GUN RIGHTS GROUP endorses Obama. Well, he’s all for bogus gun rights, so . . . .

FROM IRONY TO FARCE:

I’m a big fan of The Innocence Project, which assists individuals unjustly convicted of crimes. But I did a massive double-take when I saw that Janet Reno is on its board of directors. Janet Reno! She bears as much responsibilty as anyone for the child abuse witch hunt trials of the late 80s that claimed many innocent victims, including several prosecuted by her office, via the “Miami method” she pioneered. To my knowledge, Reno has never apologized for what we might euphemistically call the “excesses” of her prosecutorial tactics.

Janet Reno has much to apologize for, but she’s unlikely either to apologize or to be asked for such by the media.

MICHAEL SILENCE: A newspaper betrays its readers. May all their luggage be lost, and all their seats non-reclining.

MAC VS. P.C. — the ultimate lab test.

HMM: Automakers facing a 75mpg CAFE rating by 2030?

DAVE PRICE: How the media lost in Basra.

LUSTING AFTER THE Toyota Sera.

SEAN HACKBARTH interviews Carly Fiorina.

IDENTITY POLITICS, or post-identity politics?

AUSTIN BAY: “This week the ‘food crisis’ rates scare headlines — but the problem is an old one and no surprise.”

ERIC MULLER UNCOVERS a truly unforgivable act by John Yoo. A Dukakis endorsement! Hell, I voted for Dukakis myself. Remember that if you find yourself starting to repose much trust in my political judgment.

YOU WON’T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF BENEDICT-BLOGGING HERE, but The Anchoress is going all Pope, all the time.

EXPECTING NEWSROOM LAYOFFS at the New York Times. We often hear candidates asking if managers of underperforming companies should earn big salaries, but never in this particular context . . . .

ROGER VON OECH is better known to InstaPundit readers as the creator of the highly popular Ball of Whacks, but in the mail today comes the 25th Anniversary edition of his real claim to fame, A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative.

DID MONSTER CABLE BITE OFF MORE THAN IT COULD CHEW? Of course, Monster should be even more afraid of the “buy the cheap cables” guy.

AUTOMATED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION as a tool for nanotechnology.

EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL: “I am happy that I am divorced now. I will be able to go back to school.”

IN CONGRESS, a move to allow states to tax the Internet.

BIG NIKON VS. LITTLE KODAK: My review comparing the Nikon D300 and the (much, much cheaper) Kodak Z1085IS is up over at the PopularMechanics.com website. And I’ve got a gallery of sample pictures from both.

IN FLORIDA: Governor signs Bring Your Gun to Work Bill: “Employers and business owners can no longer bar workers and shoppers from bringing guns onto their property and leaving the weapons locked inside their vehicles under a bill signed into law today by Gov. Charlie Crist. The new law allows employees and visitors who have concealed weapons licenses to leave their weapons locked in or to vehicles.” Seems reasonable to me.

IN THE SUN-TIMES, Obama-Auchi questions: “Dem presidential contender Barack Obama’s handlers may be telling the press Obama has NO ‘recollection’ of a 2004 party at influence peddler Tony Rezko’s Wilmette house, but a top Sneed source claims Obama not only gave Rezko’s guest of honor, Iraqi billionaire Nadhmi Auchi, a big welcome . . . but he made a few toasts!”

THE CONSEQUENCES OF A TOO-RAPID WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ: A must-watch video from Austin Bay. (Bumped).

DEAN BARNETT reviews Glenn Greenwald’s new book.

MARY KATHARINE HAM: “Perhaps the greatest lesson to be learned by Democrats from this week’s ‘bitter’ brouhaha is that when you get advice about how to hook rural, white, blue-collar voters from a guy named Mudcat, you’d best listen.”

REPORTS OF A ROBOT REBELLION ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED: But, you know, the haters will seize on anything to stoke the fires of robophobia among the impressionable.