BILL WHITTLE: Afterburner.

CANADA’S MARVELOUS MORTGAGE AND BANKING SYSTEM: “What about the Canadian banking system allowed it to survive the recent worldwide slowdown without a single bank failure? What can the United States learn from Canada about sound banking?”

TOM MAGUIRE: President Lebron and the Car Insurance Conundrum.

THINGS WEREN’T AS BAD IN CHILE AS IN HAITI, but it’s still worth reprising this piece on disaster-preparedness lessons.

ANN ALTHOUSE: “I hope McCarthy’s understanding of what’s going on is wrong, and it shapes my view of Cox to know that’s what she thinks is ‘awesome.'”

KEITH HENNESSEY: “Speaker Pelosi, Leader Reid, and their Administration allies face seven challenges in implementing the two bill strategy.”

DETROIT MAYOR unhappy with public sector unions.

KENNETH ANDERSON: Predators Over Pakistan. “The U.S. drone campaign is effective—and legal. Why won’t the Obama administration’s lawyers defend it?”

EUROPE’S miracle kitchen appliance.

LISTEN TO THE PEER-REVIEWED SCIENCE: “New peer-reviewed research published in Nature Geoscience concludes that hurricane strength has little to do with global warming.”

THINGS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS WEEKEND:

Andrew Klavan on getting beyond the easy stereotypes.

Rand Simberg on commercial spaceflight safety.

A Tea Party Anniversary roundup.

Sexism from Suze Orman.

The growing threat of antibiotic resistant infections.

Five decades of federal spending.

Internet bullying backfires again.

Old media depend on new media for tsunami coverage.

Tom Smith fails to resist temptation.

Insiders, outsiders and unemployment.

Male reproductive rights.

On the occasion of his ethics slapdown, re-saluting Charlie Rangel.

George Soros got nothin’ on me.

Standing room only at British Tea Party rally.

A HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT POSTER PRESIDENT? “President Obama hasn’t kicked the smoking habit, takes anti-inflammatory medication to relieve chronic tendinitis in his left knee and should eat better to lower his cholesterol, his team of doctors concluded Sunday after the 48-year-old’s first medical checkup as commander in chief.” Huh. I’ve never smoked, and my cholesterol is 163. But, of course, I lead the healthy law-professor lifestyle. In my experience, politics doesn’t foster healthy habits. On the other hand, a guy with high cholesterol who still smokes is ill-suited to play national Health Nanny.

UPDATE: Several readers are concerned about the recommendation for “moderation in alcohol intake,” but I think that’s just boilerplate.

WENDY ATTERBERRY: Why I’ll Never Call My Husband A “Wusband”.

NEW YORK TIMES: RANGEL MUST STEP DOWN. Racists.

SEX ADDICTS give new impetus to job creation.

AT CRYPTOME, quake photos from Chile.

DAMON ROOT: Getting the 14th Amendment Right: The Chicago gun case and the fight for economic liberty. “So the stakes in McDonald are high indeed. And they aren’t just limited to gun rights.”

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Obama Fatigue. “Every President starts to wear on the public. But the omnipresent Obama has become wearisome in record time. Why?”

THE ASHEVILLE TEA PARTY HAS LAUNCHED ASHEVILLETEAPAC:

CHILEAN QUAKE a warning to U.S. Northwest.

ED DRISCOLL: “If Our Colleges And Universities Do Not Breed Men Who Riot…”