THE “STIMULUS:” That $355 billion in spending isn’t about the economy.

SO I GOT MAD MEN on DVD in the mail the other day, and sat down to watch an episode Saturday night only to wind up watching three before I forced myself to go to bed. I liked it and thought it was good — in a depressing sort of way. If 1960 was when men were on top of the business world, then this show makes being on top look overrated . . . .

TIGERHAWK: “Something tells me that a strong president and unitary executive are suddenly going to become fashionable.”

JUST WHAT DETROIT NEEDS! Obama to take steps to tighten auto emission standards.

A MODEL FOR THE REST OF US? Illinois State Pensions Most Underfunded In America.

Well, a warning, anyway. Plus, Senator Oprah Winfrey?

ED DRISCOLL: Trickle-down tinglenomics.

HERSCHEL SMITH on the Swat Taliban. Plus, more from Bill Roggio. Alas, there may be no real fixing Afghanistan without fixing Pakistan.

BIDEN: I am not a Deputy President. Clearly, Barack Obama was persuaded by my advice!

THE PFIZER-WYETH MERGER LOOKS LIKE IT’S HAPPENING. Here are some thoughts from Derek Lowe.

SOME OPTIMISM, for a change.

GAZA UPDATE: In Egypt’s Rafah, tunnel denial is the way of life.

HOW TO ELIMINATE RISK without even trying.