ANOTHER VICTIM OF DEMAGOGUERY: Vegas hotel closes:

Luxury hotels have also suffered from the backlash from the so-called “AIG effect,” referring to the uproar caused by American International Group’s decision to fly top brokers and executives to a resort shortly after receiving a bailout check from the U.S. government.

“The whole demonization of luxury meetings and companies’ pulling back on having their high-end meetings in luxury hotels — this has had a tremendous impact on Las Vegas,” Deuschl said. “I can’t think of another destination that has had to defend itself more against comments from politicians.”

Hope and change. The hotel employed 350 people.

SCOTT JOHNSON: The Campus Intifada, Cont’d.

FIGHTING BACK: Paterson pens J’accuse letter to Times editor.

“DRILLGATE?”

SHOCKER: Anti-Tea Party Web Site Part of Scheme to Funnel Funds.

MARKDOWNS ON new Blu-Ray releases.

DOUG WILDER TO OBAMA: It’s Time To Clean House And Start Firing People.

COMEDY PLAGIARISM at The Daily Show?

UPDATE: Gawker says never mind! [You stole that from Gilda Radner — ed. Busted!]

RETRACTO, THE CORRECTION ALPACA, now has a theme song.

SO HOW’S THAT SMART DIPLOMACY WORKIN’? China PLA officers urge economic punch against U.S.

DANA LOESCH: “I disagree with Allahpundit.”

FROM THE CINCINNATI TEA PARTY FOLKS: Liberty Snowmen.

AN IMMIGRATION SCANDAL in Britain. Since the rulers don’t please the people, I guess they decided to get a new people. Good luck with that . . . .

ABUSIVE LAB TEST: Handheld Vacuum Cleaners.

FINANCIAL CRISIS: Berlin looks to build Greek ‘firewall’.

MEGAN MCARDLE: “If this is how we react to a snow storm, what are we going to do when the Russkis invade?”

UPDATE: More:

Sitting here in DC right now (Tuesday afternoon). It’s a ghost town. Little traffic….still downtown streets with no serious attempt at clearing snow. And, of course, the government shut down…the one bright spot.

A private utility that did not take steps to deal with a situation like this would be broken on the regulatory wheel. Politicians, not so much.

Indeed.

CHANGE: From “staying the course” to “staying on course.” See, that’s totally different. . . ..

PEJMAN YOUSEFZADEH has some questions regarding the Andrew Sullivan / Leon Wieseltier spat.

Meanwhile, I’m surprised that this item on The Atlantic’s Political Wire refers to me as a “die hard critic” of Andrew’s. I don’t think I pay enough attention to him to merit that designation.

UPDATE: Could be worse. Could be Oxford.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Poul Costinsky writes: “Even if Andrew is antisemitic, he is not antisemitic-antisemitic. Har har.”

AN ETHICAL PLEDGE FOR NEUROSCIENTISTS?

Don’t miss my PJTV show on this, either.

U.C. IRVINE’S Free Speech Problem.

JENNIFER RUBIN: Phony Centrists Pay The Price For ObamaCare.

“BUT DON’T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THE MYRRH NEXT TIME:” Frankincense may cure cancer.

AGING RATE INFLUENCED by genetic variant?

SCOTT STEIN: Put down the political pom-poms.

PREDICTION: U.S. Solar Market To Double In Next Year.