HMM: Judge angered by special treatment for Andrew Sullivan. “Political commentator, author and writer for The Atlantic magazine Andrew M. Sullivan won’t have to face charges stemming from a recent pot bust at the Cape Cod National Seashore — but a federal judge isn’t happy about it.” Interesting who Sullivan’s attorney was. I don’t think anyone should be punished for possessing a bit of pot, but this does sound like there was special treatment. Related thoughts from Jacob Sullum and from Dan Riehl, who notes that at least it wasn’t hard stuff, like No-Doz. Plus, from Stephen Green, “Make point about the media feeding frenzy if, say, George Will had been busted for pot.”

It’s probably also fair to point out that Andrew would no doubt make a big deal out of any special treatment afforded to a member of the Palin family under similar circumstances. . . .

UPDATE: Best take so far: “The Sullivan precedent plus the Charlie Rangel precedent and we live in a free country!” Heh.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Several readers write that this is more evidence that there really are two Americas. And Ron Radosh sees a payback, and strings.

RELEASE THE HOUNDS SOCKPUPPETS!

A READER REQUESTS A LINK TO MY 9/11 BLOGGING FROM EIGHT YEARS AGO. There it is — just keep scrolling up from there.

OMAR FADHIL AND AUSTIN BAY: Iraq Needs A Real Air Force.

ANOTHER ACORN “PIMP” VIDEO — FROM A DIFFERENT OFFICE: “One day after two ACORN officials in Baltimore were fired for offering to help a man and woman posing as a pimp and prostitute to engage in child prostitution and a series of tax crimes, another secretly shot videotape has surfaced that shows the same couple getting similar advice from ACORN officers in Washington. The newly released videotape, shot on July 25, shows ACORN staffers explaining to the pair how they can hide the woman’s professed work — prostitution — and get a loan that will help them establish a brothel. . . . The ACORN employee later suggests that O’Keefe, who said he had a budding political career, not linger at the house in case people ‘put the dots together’ and leave him ‘smeared and tarnished’ by his association with his prostitute girlfriend.” Yeah, those nasty “smears” are something you’ve got to watch out for.

Related: “So, while ACORN wanted people to think that this was some kind of isolated incident, it isn’t.”

UPDATING THE RULES for skin cancer checks.

ANTIOXIDANTS AND CANCER: Have we got it backwards?

LAW REVIEWS charging for submissions? Good luck with that. At least, I’d expect a much higher level of service . . . .

BYRON YORK: Democrats Stifle Republican Health Care Plans.

MAKE HISTORY at Jake Barton’s 911 History memorial site.

WHY MEN LOVE CRAZY WOMEN. I think the answer is #2. A shrink told a male relative of mine once, “Borderlines make great girlfriends, but don’t ever marry one.” Personally, I think they’re overrated as girlfriends, too, but my experience isn’t extensive.

IN THE MAIL: From Ivan Hare and James Weinstein, Extreme Speech and Democracy.

DISASTERS AND RESILIENCE: In my new Popular Mechanics column.

REASON TV: Would ObamaCare cover sticker-shock treatment?

Plus this: No American Should Have to Choose Between Health Insurance and Getting Drunk.

JACOB SULLUM ON FREE SPEECH: What’s so special about paper?

A CLICKABLE MAP of L.A. pot dispensaries. Plus some unsupportive comments from Xeni Jardin: “I live in an LA neighborhood in which there are far more weed dispensaries per square mile than Starbuckses. Almost without exception, the ones around here are shady, creepy and not professionally run. My favorite is either the one where the ‘clinic’ is split into two parts, one of which doles out 420, the other Botox and Juvederm injections (same doctor doing the prescriptions for both, apparently). Or, the other one where bikini-clad, hard-eyed Euro-hos jump right out at you in the street, grab you by the arm, and squeal, ‘Hiyeee! Doo yoo vant to get leeegal?’ No: I want to punch you.”

CHRIS DODD UPDATE: Let’s Get Ready To Rumble. “With Chris Dodd keeping his seat as Senate Banking Committee Chair, the players for the battle royale on regulatory intrusion are set. When not explaining his Countrywide-related actions to the Senate Ethics Committee, the good senator has made good sport out of arguing that when it comes to financial markets, government he knows best.”

DEMS TRY TO SHUT DOWN an anti-Harry Reid PAC. Democracy!

ANDREW KLAVAN ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.

GEE, WHO SHOULD GET CREDIT FOR THAT? In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, New Yorkers imagined a grim future that hasn’t come to pass.

RALPH PETERS on the 9/11 anniversary.

JOHN MCWHORTER: What 9/11 Taught Me About Human Nature.

Taken by my cousin-in-law Brad Rubenstein from his apartment in Manhattan.

And I link to this video tribute from just after the attacks every year. Whoever did it knew that people would tend to forget what had happened, and put it together as a reminder.

RAND SIMBERG AT POPULAR MECHANICS: Risk-Aversion And NASA Don’t Mix: An Augustine Report Analysis.

BILL WHITTLE, SCOTT OTT, STEPHEN GREEN: “Never Forget” Means Never Forgetting.