NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: Urbanism will do little to cut carbon dioxide emissions.

LOOKING AT the ethics of human enhancement.

SENATOR KAY HAGAN: AWOL? “Can someone please find my Senator? I hope she isn’t in Argentina.”

STILL SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS at the Asheville Citizen-Times?

SAN DIEGO: Tea Party rally draws 3,000 – Congressman Issa surprises crowd.

TOM MAGUIRE LAUNCHES a challenging thought experiment.

Plus, Ann Althouse on Joe Klein, with an added metaphor assist.

MOBIUS MUSIC BOX brings non-orientable topography to the music world.

What’s non-orientable and lives in the sea? Mobius Dick! Yes, that’s where the name came from.

THE HILL: White House Defends Stimulus Despite Rising Unemployment.

CHEAP, SHARP, and colorful. My worry is that this thing looks like a toy. Would kids not realize it’s dangerous?

REASON TV: RON BAILEY TALKS WITH BJORN LOMBORG on the Copenhagen Consensus and living with, rather than fighting, global warming.

PRESUMED CONSENT for organ donation? Well, it’s no picnic even if you fill out one of those cards at the library. It’s all for the good of the country, you know!

Okay, actually I don’t have any real problem with it, I just thought of this Monty Python skit and couldn’t resist.

A more serious discussion of organ donation, meanwhile, can be found here.

HEH: A DOCTOR’S PLAN FOR LEGAL INDUSTRY REFORM.

I think I suggested something similar in the Congressional health care forum. Legal representation is a right! And what says “right” better than supervision, rationing and regulation from a government-run monopoly!

BOB CORKER FOR PRESIDENT? “He’s the best GOP candidate I’ve heard of so far. His convictions and credentials are rock solid. And he’s got a proven background of knowing the importance of balancing the books. As a bonus, he doesn’t shy away from ruffling the feathers of the GOP establishment, which of course did such a stellar job of managing expenditures while in power.”

I interviewed Corker last year. I was pretty impressed.

RECOMMENDED BLOGS for privacy advocates.

VAN JONES A MUMIA SUPPORTER, TOO? Who vets these people?

MAKING REPAIRS EASIER with augmented reality glasses.

BYRON YORK: The Van Jones Non-Feeding Frenzy. Now if he’d said “Macaca.” Well, no. . . .

MAPPING THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS: Apparently I live in the “wrath belt.” But Greed is tops in California and the upper East Coast. How can that be? Those places vote Democratic!

STUDY: MEN WHO SPEAK TO PRETTY WOMEN BECOME DUMBER: But I suspect that the folks they picked for their study sample may have been particularly susceptible . . . .

ASKING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Have you no decency?

FOUR BILLION LITTLE BROTHERS? Privacy, mobile phones, and ubiquitous data collection.

POLITICO: Conservatives Back Obama On Afghanistan.

THE HILL: White House Stands By “Truther” Van Jones.

THE PRESIDENCY HAS AN AGING EFFECT.

AUDI PRESIDENT CALLS CHEVY VOLT “a car for idiots.”