DSCC SPENDS $95,000 to brand Christine O’Donnell as…an insider? I think they’d have been better off sticking with the witch thing.

STEPHEN BREYER on constitutional interpretation, and his new book. Interesting that it came out last week, it’s #57, and there are still no reader reviews posted.

NONE TOO SOON: The Hill: Republicans will unveil their new ‘Contract’ on Thursday in Virginia.

STEPHEN GREEN: Annoying Christians and Witches Alike. “What we all should care about is precisely this: Is any given candidate a person of conviction, and is that conviction to cut Washington down to size? All else is superfluous. A candidate could believe in Caspar the Friendly Ghost, ancient astronauts, or that Mars Needs Women, for all I care — so long as they hold true to that core conviction that Washington must be cut down to size.”

CHANGE: Major health insurers to stop offering new child-only policies. “Some of the country’s most prominent health insurance companies have decided to stop offering new child-only plans, rather than comply with rules in the new health-care law that will require such plans to start accepting children with preexisting medical conditions after Sept. 23.” Wow. Who could have seen this coming?

L.A. TIMES: Ouch! Bedbugs are on the rise in the United States. “Think the bedbugs are biting? You’re not alone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency say the pest that was oh-so last century is making a big comeback in the United States as well as other countries.”

DANIEL FREEDMAN: Smile When the President Makes a Mistake. And be cheerful a lot.

BYRON YORK: In Michigan, GOP guns for House fixture Dingell.

RAND SIMBERG: The NASA/Iran Nukes Connection. “As the Iranians grow ever closer to having nuclear weapons and delivery systems, the U.S. House of Representatives seems determined to undermine efforts to prevent them from doing so, as an unintended consequence of its flawed civil space policy.”

JIM GERAGHTY: Barbara Boxer’s Bad Week, Part One of Five.

ED DRISCOLL: A Man is Whatever Segment of Bill Maher He Appears On.

A SNAPSHOT OF THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT in Rochester, New York.

BLANCHE LINCOLN 25 points behind.

AT AMAZON, the Fall Blowout Sale continues.

MICHAEL MOYNIHAN: “The sole purpose of Bill Maher’s HBO program Real Time is, it seems, to disappoint viewers by proving that the actors, musicians, and comedians they respect hold exceptionally dumb political views.” Well, then, it’s succeeding brilliantly.

CNN: Economists: Extend Bush tax cuts for everyone.

AMAZING GRACE: Libertarians In Bed With Gary Bauer?

WHY GOOGLE WENT INSTANT. Personally, I’m not a fan.

FANS OF RAW MILK not cowed by safety warnings. But would you resort to “cow-sharing?”

UPDATE: Reader John Helferich writes:

This raw milk trend is very dangerous development. I spent 25 years in the food industry responsible for food safety, There is no way I would let anyone I care about drink raw milk. There are no benefits to raw milk consumption and no dangers in pasteurization. If a large dairy introduced raw milk into the food supply, they would be in front of Congress taking a beating that would make the Toyota hearings look like a walk in the park.

Please let your readers know that raw milk is not “healthy” but is extremely dangerous.

Done.

TAKING THE BOEING (AGAIN): Mickey Kaus moves to Newsweek. Smartest decision they’ve made lately . . .

REASON TV: ADAM CAROLLA ON TAXES, DRUGS AND MORE.

REPORT: RETURN OF ESTATE TAX could cost 1.5 million jobs.

UPDATE: More here.

VIDEO: Post-Disaster Recovery: An Institutional and Cultural Perspective on the Reconstruction of the Gulf Coast.

REGULATING DIRECT GENETIC TESTING: “I think the FDA should step out of the way. We really do have a right to know our full DNA sequence or any subset thereof.”

HMM: Koch Industries Lawyer to White House: How Did You Get Our Tax Information? Hey, next Obama will be joking about tax audits for people who disrespect him.