IS “HYPO-MASCULINITY” the new normal?

Plus, some Fatherhood.gov history.

SOME AMAZING PICS: Oil Spill Hits 60th Day.

A LAPTOP WITH NOT ONE, BUT two touch-screens?

KATE BECKINSALE: Sexiest Woman Alive? Or worst fake breasts in Hollywood?

REP. ALAN GRAYSON running a fake “Tea Party” candidate.

MORALS AND THE SERVILE MIND: “We might perhaps be more tolerant of rulers turning preachers if they were moral giants. But what citizen looks at the government today thinking how wise and virtuous it is?”

AT AMAZON, markdowns on kitchenware.

READER ROB IVES EMAILS that Kindle prices have dropped to $189. So is this just more technological price-dropping, or does it presage a new model?

I googled up this story suggesting that the ultimate destination is a price in the $50-$100 range. “What’s next, a free Kindle with an Amazon E-Book of the Month Club subscription?”

STUDY: British Public “Relaxed” About Synthetic Life.

TARGETING LUPUS by tricking the immune system.

WHY WON’T OBAMA waive the Jones Act? Because union interests are more important than the coastlines of red states?

UPDATE: They Told Me If I Voted For McCain, Volunteerism Would Count For Little… And They Were Right! They usually are . . . .

A CHEERFUL TALE: Taxpayer Has Heart Attack While on Phone With Tax Man, Who Calls 911 and Saves Taxpayer’s Life.

A DO-IT-YOURSELF SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR SYSTEM FOR $250.

SHOCKER: BP’s Army of Democratic Lobbyists.

POLIWOOD: Why TV Is Now Better Than Movies.

JAY TEA: The Scent Of Fear. “There are several possible explanations for this, and I have no idea which is the most frightening.”

LUCIAN BEBCHUK: Don’t Gut Proxy Access.

UPDATE: Prof. Bainbridge: “Bebchuk is wrong.”

VITAMIN B6 cuts lung cancer risk?

ELENA KAGAN: “The Bork hearings were the best thing that ever happened to Constitutional Democracy.”

GOOD GRIEF: Bridal Diapers. If your wedding dress is too elaborate to fit in a bathroom, maybe it’s just too elaborate, period? . . . .

STUDY: Electric Cars Aren’t The Answer, Unless The Question Is Urban Commuting.

ORLANDO SENTINEL: Going Commercial Frees NASA For Deeper Space.

THE DEMOCRATS’ NOMINATING PROCESS NEEDS MORE ATTENTION: Texas Congressional nominee wants to impeach Obama, opposes UN. “Now Democrats have refused to provide her any support, Time reports, accusing her of racism because of her connection to the LaRouche movement — which is an interesting allegation, considering that Rogers is African-American. Maybe someone should have looked at her picture before leaping immediately to the race-baiting smear. They would have been better off questioning her sanity.”

WHY AREN’T PEOPLE BUYING more fuel-efficient vehicles?

MICHAEL YON ON THAILAND: Even While The World Watched.