TAXPROF: ‘I Don’t Know Any Tax Lawyer Who Does Their Own Tax Returns.’

NATIONAL JOURNAL: Health Care Is What’s Ailing Democrats. “Dems who stuck with Obama on health care are in the deepest trouble.”

SCIENCE: Women with low sex drive have different brains.

A ROUNDUP OF COMMENTARY on the NPR/Juan Williams debacle.

A ROUNDUP OF NEWS from the kid-lit blogosphere.

HALLOWEEN COSTUMES that won’t get you laid.

TRIFECTA: DON’T GET COCKY.

FEDS INVESTIGATE PLOT TO ATTACK D.C. METRO: “The investigation is focused on a naturalized U.S. citizen, originally from Pakistan, who became the target of an undercover sting operation, the sources said. An administration official said the man drew the attention of law enforcement officials by seeking to obtain unspecified materials. . . . Federal officials stressed that the public was never in danger. . . . The arrest is the latest in a series of cases involving U.S. citizens, including another Pakistani American who was convicted of planning to set off a car bomb in Times Square, that have raised concerns about an increasing number of Americans drawn to violent jihad.”

FREEDOM: North Carolina Department of Revenue’s Demand for Amazon Customer Records Violates the First Amendment.

HELPING HEARTBURN by sleeping on your left side.

CHANGE! United States slides — in the global corruption rankings.

WHEN A TWELVE-OUNCE DRINK was “King-Size.”

HOW THE KING COBRA maintains its reign.

FORD PLANS TO OUTBUILD CHEVY VOLT with an electric Focus.

IN THE MAIL: Supreme Court Watch 2010: Highlights of the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Terms and Preview of the 2010 Term.

NINE KEY BALLOT INITIATIVES TO WATCH.

“AMERICANS UNITED FOR SAFE STREETS:” Michael Bloomberg’s Astroturf Group.

2011 BUSINESS CLIMATE: Chilliest In Blue States.

WANT TO HELP WOUNDED SOLDIERS? Buy one of Gina Elise’s PinupsForVets calendars.

WHEN HORMONE CREAMS THREATEN OTHERS.

A NUCLEAR FIELD TRIP to the U.S.S. Bush. Just be careful where you wear the t-shirt if you want to keep your job.

BEWARE THE GNAWING BACKYARDIGANS.

I’M SURE I HAVE NO USE for a watchband GPS receiver but I can see why runners would want one. And amazingly, they’re now under a hundred bucks.

MICHAEL TOTTEN: If Iran Gets The Bomb. If you like his work, consider hitting the tipjar.

RATTNER: Our Leaders Are Not Truthful About The Deficit. Of course not. If people really understood what they’ve done to us, they’d all be hanging from lampposts.

UPDATE: No, don’t get the idea that Republicans would get a pass here. But — for the couple of readers who asked — rest assured that the lampposts are entirely metaphorical. When has a member of Congress actually been hanged from a lamppost?