A BUCKEYE STATE exodus. Only without the cool score.

TECH BLEG: So if I wanted to teach a class remotely via the Web — say, me and up to 60-70 students — are there good online resources for that? I’ve seen ads for the various “webinar” services, but I’ve never used any. Ideally it would let me send all of them video and images, and at least respond to chats; better still to let each person take the screen or split it with me when there were questions. Any suggestions?

CAR LUST: Remembering the Pontiac GTO Judge.

SWINE FLU UPDATE: AP: Mexico’s epidemiology boss faults WHO.

THE SAMSUNG NC20: A near-perfect laptop?

ROGER KIMBALL: “You may fire when ready, Gridley.”

IN THE FUTURE, EVERYONE WILL BE A WAR CRIMINAL FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES: Jon Stewart: Hey, sorry for calling Harry Truman a war criminal.

UPDATE: Bill Whittle comments. Not surprisingly, Stewart turns out to be a historical illiterate, and Bill Whittle flays him mercilessly. Must-see TV.

PRICES COMING DOWN for solar photovoltaics.

UH OH: Obama’s Tax ‘Credit’: Old People and Families Hardest Hit. “The Associated Press is now reporting something that insiders knew all along but it was a story that wasn’t getting any traction during the debate about the Obammessiah’s loving gift to his people. Turns out it ain’t free. At least it won’t be for many Americans.”

BUSINESS IS GOOD: Law School Applications Up! But this warning is a good one: “I guess it seems like a good time to retreat from the job market, but law school goes by quickly, and you will be back on that market very soon, with big debts.” Yes, it may be a good time to be in school, but — unless the feared hyperinflation actually materializes — it’s not a very good time to be taking on debt. And student-loan debt is some of the worst debt you can take on.

UPDATE: From the comments:

As brokers of government power, the importance of lawyers will grow in lockstep with the runaway inflation in the size and power of government.

While we churn out hordes of rent seeking lawyers India and China are cranking out engineers and scientists.

Who will be better off in 20 years?

Good question.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader John Maguire wants to know why I think student loan debt is so bad. Basically, as I’ve noted before, it’s because (1) it’s often a lot of debt; (2) interest is high; and (3) it’s not dischargeable in bankruptcy.

A LIST: The 100 Greatest Jazz Albums of All Time.

UNIVERSITIES CHANGE PLANS in response to swine flu.

HOW’S THAT STIMULUS WORKING? Auto Sales Plunge To Near 30-Year Lows.

JOHN HAWKINS: I aim to misbehave. And he thinks you should, too.

DISEASE PREPAREDNESS: Many states still not ready. Funny how there’s always money for buildings named after politicians, while stuff that actually matters gets short shrift.

HAND SANITIZERS WORK, but they need to be at least 60% alcohol, and you need to use a substantial amount. “If your hands are dry within 10 or 15 seconds, according to the C.D.C. guidelines for health care workers, you haven’t used enough.” And washing (thoroughly) is still better if you can; sanitizers are for when you can’t.

Related item here. And they’re certainly selling well.

JULIAN SANCHEZ says critics are Lying About Cass Sunstein. I’ve known Sunstein for a while — in fact, my first introduction to Barack Obama was when he guest-blogged for me — and while he and I disagree on plenty, I think he’s an honest, decent and very smart guy who wants to help the country. Since I’m not going to get someone who agrees with me about everything from the Obama Administration (heck, I didn’t get that from the Bush Administration) that ought to be enough, and I think that efforts to block his appointment are both unfair and not very smart. If they succeed, he’ll be replaced by someone whose views are probably farther to the left (or at least more partisan and pliable), and who will almost certainly be less admirable and honest.

UPDATE: Apparently, this is a reprise of what happened to Bush’s nominee in 2001.

ANDY MCCARTHY DECLINES AN INVITATION FROM ERIC HOLDER: “In light of public statements by both you and the President, it is dismayingly clear that, under your leadership, the Justice Department takes the position that a lawyer who in good faith offers legal advice to government policy makers—like the government lawyers who offered good faith advice on interrogation policy—may be subject to investigation and prosecution for the content of that advice, in addition to empty but professionally damaging accusations of ethical misconduct. Given that stance, any prudent lawyer would have to hesitate before offering advice to the government.”

UPDATE: “Now you see it, now you don’t.”

ANOTHER UPDATE: TigerHawk: “In light of the demonization of the OLC lawyers and the interrogation consultants to the CIA who somebody in the federal government outed yesterday, people are learning that it is very dangerous to help the United States fight a war. Barack Obama, and the rest of us Americans, had better hope that he never needs help from rough men who stand ready in the night.”

FUNNY HOW THIS NEVER HAPPENS TO KEITH OLBERMANN: Dobbs protesters target CNN bureau. Of course, it might have been more effective to pick a day when Dobbs was working . . . .

HOPE AND CHANGE! Wall Street Firmly in Charge Under Obama. Really? “Today, such figures as Timothy Geithner, Lawrence Summers, and Steven Rattner are accelerating the Bush era’s finance-favorable policies, piling bailout on top of bailout. Even nonfinancial policies are being drafted to serve Wall Street; the “cap-and-trade” greenhouse gas proposal, for example, would do more to boost the bottom line of neo-Enronesque pollution mongers than to reduce carbon dioxide. . . . Meanwhile, out beyond the Bailout Cities of Washington and New York, times are hard and getting harder. Unemployment is rising.”

A VICTORY FOR ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW IN NEW YORK: “The state has secretly settled an embarrassing federal racial-discrimination lawsuit, The Post has learned. The suit accused Paterson, back when he was Senate minority leader in 2003, of firing a white Senate photographer in order to replace him with an African-American.”

MICHAEL YON: A beautiful track.

PREPARING FOR Tsunamis in California.

AIPAC PROSECUTION COLLAPSES. Well, nobody will care now anyway, since the election’s over.

UPDATE: “No surprise.”

HOW’S THE ECONOMY? Gateway Pundit looks at the numbers.