MICHAEL HIGDON: To Lynch a Child: Bullying and Gender Non-Conformity in Our Nation’s Schools.

GOOD GRIEF: Criminals Hide Payment-Card Skimmers Inside Gas Station Pumps.

THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, from J. Storrs Hall.

THEY’RE ALL SCARY PEOPLE WITH GUNS TO THEM: L.A. Times can’t tell U.S. Army from NRA.

A PRETTY GOOD PROFILE OF DANA LOESCH, though she provides some corrections here.

REALLY, A REGIMEN OF SOUND BEATINGS IS IN ORDER: Mall security guard accuses shopper of being a paedophile for photographing his own son.

UH OH: Does Geithner Need Turbo Tax’s Treasury Edition?

UH OH: One of Obama’s Great Achievements May Be Unraveling. More focus on this, less on health-care theatrics, please.

SORRY, BUT I’M SIDING WITH Professor Galloway on this one. Loved this part: “For the record, we also have no stated policy against bursting into show tunes in the middle of class, urinating on desks or taking that revolutionary hair removal system for a spin. However, xxxx, there is a baseline level of decorum (i.e., manners) that we expect of grown men and women who the admissions department have deemed tomorrow’s business leaders.” Judging from the comments, a lot of people agree.

SPENDING A WEEK living with the Tesla Roadster.

IN DEFENSE OF Electronic Throttle Controls.

HOW TO unlock your Nexus One and turn it into a 3G modem. I think you can do something similar with a Motorola Droid, too. It would be better, though, if they shipped with this feature, as some other cellphones already do.

UPDATE: Reader Fred Schoeneman writes: “You might want to clarify that those instructions are for linux. For Windows users, tethering your Nexus one is as simple as installing an application from the Android market — PDANet.” I did not know that. Makes me more likely to upgrade to a Nexus One.

I KNOW MY LIMITATIONS, and I know I can’t compete with nude women curling.

WHAT COULD GO WRONG: “I’m live-Tweeting my abortion.”

UPDATE: Smitty emails: “I thought that the ObamaCare summit was Thursday.”

IN THE MAIL: From P.C. Hodgell, Bound In Blood.

CHICKEN: Olbermann declines Dallas Tea Party invitation. “Keith Olbermann has turned down the Dallas Tea Party’s invitation to come to its one year anniversary gathering this Saturday to see just how diverse its members are.” But he says some of his best friends coworkers are minorities.

Here’s the invitation he turned down:

TAXPROF: Obama’s “Sneaky” New Tax On Investments.

THE POWER OF academic culture.

THE NEW MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY LOGO looks kinda familiar.

PROFESSOR BAINBRIDGE: Polls without the right questions. “In sum, the trouble with polls like these is that they assume a free lunch and TANSTAAFL.”

CHANGE: Pew Poll: Favorability Ratings of Labor Unions Fall Sharply. “Favorable views of labor unions have plummeted since 2007, amid growing public skepticism about unions’ purpose and power. Currently, 41% say they have a favorable opinion of labor unions while about as many (42%) express an unfavorable opinion. In January 2007, a clear majority (58%) had a favorable view of unions while just 31% had an unfavorable impression.”

ADVICE ON starting a political blog.

“PRECARIOUS ARROGANCE.”

CALIFORNIA UPDATE: Has the Golden State gone bust? Plus, more pension pain is coming to California.

ANNOUNCING THE Toy Of The Year Awards.