PROGRESS WITH voice stress detection?

TEA PARTY MOVEMENT taking over the Texas GOP? “In the past, these conventions have been about social conservatism. Now the passion and dialogue is driven more by fiscal issues.”

“SMART DIPLOMACY?” Peter Hitchens: Why Does America Hate Us?

Related: Boehner: Obama has “coddled our enemies and pushed our friends aside.”

EXOCORTEXES, the iPad, and you.

FOR EUGENE AND SASHA VOLOKH, a big anniversary.

TIME TO abolish public sector unions?

CHINA BUYS CAMBODIA. “China aspires to be a world power. It’s understood that China cannot do this alone. Even the mighty United States has allies it depends on. Who can China depend on? Not a lot. In fact, China has a rather disturbing roster of friends. There’s Pakistan, a corrupt nation, always on the verge of falling apart and one of the few remaining sanctuaries for Islamic terrorists. China is also cozy with North Korea, Iran and Myanmar, pariah nations all. So China has been forced to improvise.”

WHERE TO GO FOR Bonnaroo coverage.

FOR FATHER’S DAY: Free one-day shipping on select watches.

VIDEO: Asteroid sample return mission re-entry.

WHAT SHARKS CAN TELL US about designing robots.

BUT LET’S BE HONEST — HOW HARD IS THAT? AI That Picks Stocks Better Than the Pros.

ENABLER-IN-CHIEF: Obama pleads for $50 billion in state, local aid. They’ll never mend their overspending ways if they think they can count on Uncle Sugar to write a check.

WOMAN CALLS 911 LOOKING FOR A HUSBAND.

LOVE HORMONE CAN ALSO LEAD TO WAR: “Oxytocin has received much attention for boosting social bonding and cooperation, but it also appears to trigger defensive aggression against outsiders who might threaten an individual’s social group, psychologists say. That indicates the hormone has a much more complex role in social dynamics than just encouraging humans to make love and not war.”

UPDATE: Robert Crawford emails: “So the ‘brotherly love’ hormone may also be connected to violence? Why am I reminded of the movie Serenity? What did Joss Whedon know, and when did he know it?!” Beware the Reavers!

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The Professors Are In Charge.

TEN STRATEGIES FOR better air travel.

HOW TO peel a peach.

CAN WE KEEP A SECRET, OR WHAT? Prototype Hyperspectral Satellite Fast-Tracked to Begin Official Spy Work for Military.

A WHILE BACK, I had a post on the Monster powerline network adapters. I’ve now used ’em for a couple of other places in the house where the wireless is shaky, and they work great. A bit pricier than wireless, but extremely easy and they just plain work.

MIDGET SUBS: Tiny terrors?

ARE HYBRID AND ELECTRIC AIRPLANES ready for commercial debut?

EVEN IF IT DOESN’T KEEP YOU AWAKE, noise during sleep impairs performance the next day.

GALLERY: The Ten Most Annoying Car Owners.

MERELY HUMAN? That’s so yesterday. And not in the Hillary Duff sense.