MEGAN MCARDLE: THE UNKINDEST CUT. “Proponents of reform have been acting as if the fact that various Democrat plans have been scored by the Congressional Budget Office as ‘deficit neutral’ somehow means that they couldn’t possibly be worse than the status quo. This is extraordinarily wishful thinking.”

A PLACE FOR formal logic in law school?

PLEDGE NEWS: Divided appeals court rules Pledge of Allegiance doesn’t violate Constitution.

NEW FLIP VIDEO CAMS to launch in early April? Praise for the old Flip here.

ANOTHER SCANDAL? U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick has been subpoenaed before a federal grand jury in Detroit along with a member of her staff. “Kilpatrick, a Detroit Democrat and the mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, let House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office know about the summons on Wednesday, as required by House rules.”

HEH: “Democratic leaders should be asking themselves just how they have gotten to the point that their strategy is to amend a law that doesn’t exist yet by passing a bill without voting on it.”

TED FRANK: I am not afraid of my Toyota Prius. “Have Balloon Boy and the finger-in-the-chili taught us nothing?”

ROGER SIMON: Beck, Krauthammer and the Geert Wilders perplex.

WIRED SCOOPS BREITBART on an O’Keefe video sting against HUD.

JAMIE OLIVER: Food revolutionary.

PJTV: CLIMATEGATE: The Global Warming Coverup Spreads to NASA.

ASSESSING your risk of a heart attack.

HOW TO PUT YOUR CAR INTO DEEP STORAGE and get it out later.

HMM: 52 Million (36%) of Tax Returns Pay Zero Income Tax. I think that everyone who votes should pay income tax. And the amount should go up and down with federal spending.

IS THE RECOVERY A MYTH? “The White House claims the economy is on the mend. That’s a fantasy.”

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS UNDER FIRE? Professor Bainbridge: “This is just absurd.”

STUDY: TV makes kids fat, computers don’t.

SUPERSIZE ME: Law School Faculties 40% Larger Than 10 Years Ago. That’s not fair. I haven’t put on any weight.

MICHAEL YON: The Bridge. Remember, his work is supported by reader donations, so if you like it please consider hitting the tipjar.

IN THE MAIL: The Origin of Cultures: How Individual Choices Make Cultures Change.

SOME VERY COOL PHOTOS of New York and Las Vegas at night.

PJTV: The Purple Badge of Courage: Iraqis At The Polls.

MICHAEL BARONE: No Way Out For Dems: ObamaCare’s Their Own Mess. “It’s beginning to look like the goal of health-care legislation was a bridge too far. There’s a reason it’s hard to pass unpopular legislation on party-line votes. It’s not the Senate rules. It’s called democracy.”

FROM THE 1994 FILES.

SWEDISH ARTIST has his axe ready.