INTIMIDATION at Chapel Hill?

SO LAST NIGHT the Insta-Mom brought over the newly-remastered Beatles Box Set. Listened to Abbey Road and Rubber Soul all the way through. My take: Meh. It’s clearer, but — even listening on the fairly mellow “consumer grade” speakers — the high end sounded overhyped to me. And the increased separation in the background vocals seemed to me to take away from the mixes rather than improve them. I wonder if they didn’t deliberately hype the high end to compensate for boomers’ hearing degradation? Whatever, I wasn’t overwhelmed.

QUESTION: Does a Federal Mandate Requiring the Purchase of Health Insurance Exceed Congress’ Powers Under the Commerce Clause?

BLOGGINGHEADS: Daniel Drezner on the new protectionism.

GALLUP: Majority believe government is doing too much. “The last time the number of people who believe government is doing too much hit 57 percent was in October 1994, shortly before voters threw Democrats out of power in both the House and Senate.”

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? Lessig and Olbermann against the “special interests.”

ROGER SIMON: Stephanopoulos and ACORN: Obama Lies Again. “One of the interesting things about the response to Rep. Joe Wilson’s blurting out ‘You lie!’ to Barack Obama during the President’s healthcare speech to Congress was that Wilson was censured for his incivility, not his lack of veracity. . . . Everything is upside down here because Obama knows what we all do – ACORN is a poster boy for the welfare state in all its manifestations. This is no sideshow. It’s the heart of the matter. No wonder he is lying about it.”

AT POWER LINE, calling out Washington Post reporters Darryl Fears and Carol Leonnig.

UPDATE: Related item here.

ANDREW BREITBART: Rebel With A Cause.

MCCHRYSTAL ON AFGHANISTAN: Send more troops or face “mission failure.” Sounds like the White House is dropping the ball.

ASTROTURF.

ILYA SOMIN: Political Ignorance and the Case Against Paternalistic Regulation. My bottom line: Do you think politicians are smarter and more self-disciplined than the rest of society? And if not, why would they be better at deciding for us than we are at deciding for ourselves?

AMERICA’S NEXT Top Virgin? I think I’ll skip that show.