ALFONZO RACHEL: The New Green Religion.

GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL in 1935.

Plus, Christmas in Buffalo, 1910.

IN THE MAIL: From George Weigel, Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism.

SUSAN FERRECHIO: Baucus ethics flap over girlfriend not his first personal controversy.

Plus, They don’t call it an Old Boys’ Club for nothing.

MEGAN MCARDLE: “It’s pretty clear at this point that any health care reform which passes is going to have more voters against it than for it.” It’s as if the whole thing’s some sort of subtle Rovian trap.

Oh, well, at least vast majorities support global-warming remedies, right? Uh, right?

MORE ON THE KEN GLADNEY BEATING FALLOUT: “We went on up to the office to present the petitions to Ms. Redington. When two of us showed up running video, Deputy Counselor Bob Grant came out after about 10 minutes and told us Ms. Redington wouldn’t meet with us on camera…..which I videoed.”

HEALTHCARE RACISM? New Pap Smear Recommendations Could Increase STDs Among Black Teens.

THE FIRST SIGN of corruption.

L.A. TIMES: Shocker polls: That Sarah Palin-Barack Obama gap melts to 1 point.

A BUNCH OF interesting food links.

LIFE GALLERY: Mind-Blowing Airplane Stunts.

IS ISLAM A THREAT TO AMERICA? Nashville activists warn churchgoers of violent threats to America; Muslims call campaign unfair. At the moment, the environmental and national-healthcare religions look to be doing more concrete harm to the United States . . . .

THE POLITICS OF FEAR. Actually, the only people I remember seeing who looked like that were the result of a government program. . . .

WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS: More Tiger trouble.

PAINTING: Brush-and-roller vs. paint sprayer.

ALAN BOYLE: Spaceship Debut Causes Chills. “Virgin Galactic’s unveiling of the SpaceShipTwo rocket plane drew hundreds of paying space tourists and travel agents, rocket geeks and glitterati to the Mojave Air and Space Port.”

TRACY QUAN on why call girls outclass mistresses.

It’s honest commerce above deceit and manipulation!

TO DEFLECT AN ASTEROID, try a lasso, not a nuke.

ANN ALTHOUSE: “Affirm? We’re doing affirmations now? ‘Skeptics’… affirmations… is this religion?”

Fallen Angels doesn’t seem like such a stretch at the moment . . . .

NOT DEAD YET: Vinyl records and turntables making a comeback. In some circles, of course, they never went away.

HATERS NEVER PROSPER: And, apparently, they throw like girls.

MARKDOWNS ON clothing and accessories.

TWENTY OF the world’s most beautiful libraries.

Related: A personal library like no other.

OUCH: “Considering LiveAid’s success at ending hunger in Africa, I’m awfully glad newspapers are finally applying this model to global warming. There’s nothing like the sight of fifty-four newspapers performing a synchronized exercise in smug self-congratulation to induce life-altering change.”

Plus this: “If fifty-four newspapers had wanted to make a serious statement about the environment that their readers were sure to pay attention to, they might have stopped printing and distributing their energy intensive product for a day.”

BARACK OBAMA hits new low in Gallup poll.