THE HILL: Obama’s Problems Not Just The Economy: “Grave national-security and foreign-policy issues are crowding President Obama’s agenda as he struggles to repair the nation’s economy. With the 2012 election looming, Obama is juggling a decision on how many troops to withdraw from Afghanistan; a congressional resolution on the mission in Libya; and violence in Syria and Yemen. All of this comes on the heels of last week’s disappointing unemployment numbers, which served as another signal the economic recovery has stalled.” It’s like a smorgasbord of fail.

THE PICTURE LOOKS LIKE MT. DOOM ERUPTING: Ash from Chilean volcano grounds flights in Argentina. The ash cloud may reach Buenos Aires today. Plus, ash-covered streets.

THE BIG PROBLEM WITH BIG BANKS: They’re organizationally inclined to be stupid. “They’re so big that everything is controlled by bureaucratic rules; finding someone who can make a decision, no matter how sensible, is almost impossible.”

AT AMAZON, Top Deals In Electronics.

WALTER SHAPIRO: The most admirable thing about the current mood in the Republican party.

BUILDING A BETTER HAMBURGER, with science and liquid nitrogen.

A ONE-DAY-ONLY SALE on heart-rate monitors. I used one of these for a while to make sure I was exercising hard enough — I should probably start again.

BANNING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM at Goshen College. Too warlike.

ZOMBIE: Why the Hypocrisy Defense is political suicide for liberalism. “All across the internet over the last few hours, liberal commenters and bloggers have fallen back on one of their most trusted logical arguments in situations like this in which a Democrat is caught in a sex scandal: ‘At least he’s not a hypocrite.’” Well, he was until he got caught. But read the whole thing.

WHEN PROTESTERS go wild.

REVENGE OF THE NERDS: Breitbart Vindicated Again. “Let’s face it, Breitbart’s ‘Big’ sites not only shoot down the progressive media’s political idols, but they make the press seem incompetent for not reporting those stories themselves.”

HIPPITY HOP: Bunny Rabbit Dressage Takes The World By Storm. “That rabbits like to hop is hardly a secret. But now European rabbit enthusiasts have harnessed their bunnies’ natural talents to create a new spectator sport… rabbit showjumping. Invented in Sweden in the early Eighties, Kaninhop involves bunnies bouncing their way around courses consisting of several small jumps of varying height and length.”

BAD REVIEW: “Next time there’s an unfolding news story that moves me to put on the television, I am not going to CNN.”

A WARNING: Global Food Crisis Looms Ahead.

ED DRISCOLL: Weinergate vs. The Summer Of Nixon.

WAPO: OBAMA LOSES BIN LADEN BOUNCE, SINKS IN POLLS: “The public opinion boost President Obama received after the killing of Osama bin Laden has dissipated, and Americans’ disapproval of how he is handling the nation’s economy and the deficit has reached new highs, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The survey portrays a broadly pessimistic mood in the country this spring as higher gasoline prices, sliding home values and a disappointing employment picture have raised fresh concerns about the pace of the economic recovery.”

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS: How Anthony Weiner and John Edwards lost control of their private parts.

JOEL MILLER: Don’t get too excited about this Paul Revere stuff.

IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID: Carville: 2012 could be ‘very rough’ for Obama, says civil unrest ‘imminently possible.’

Related: Daily economic briefings disappear from Obama’s White House schedule. The country’s in the very best of hands.

Also: Obama’s head of economic council, Austan Goolsbee, to leave, plans return to academia.

Plus: College grads not doing so well.

JAMES TARANTO: Bizarro-World Racism: Chris Matthews discovers a new slur. Discovers, invents — it’s a fine line.

IS THIS THE HOPE, OR THE CHANGE? CNBC: Traders Are Dumping Stocks and Buying Gold and Silver.

UPDATE: But where is it?

WEINER HEADLINE OF THE WEEK: Erections Have Consequences. “Let’s put it this way: Any offenses that result in a press conference in which a member of Congress can relevantly be asked ‘Were you fully erect?’ are offenses that disqualify that congressman from public service. It’s that simple.”

HOT AIR: Creepy must-see flashback: Weiner lies shamelessly to ABC about what happened. “How creepy? Creepy enough that ABC posted this footage (which was recorded a few days ago, of course) just within the past hour and then sent around the link via e-mail. I didn’t go hunting through their archives for it, in other words; they’re pushing it on people tonight themselves because, understandably, they (a) want to atone for having aired this guy’s lies as news last week and (b) presumably want the world to see what an almost pathologically fluid liar he was when cornered.”

ADVICE FOR GRADS: What To Do Between College And That First Job. “Q. You’ve just graduated from college but couldn’t find a job or internship in advance — so you are moving back in with your parents. Can you take some time off before restarting your job search? A. No, because taking time off will be hard to explain in an interview and can make you less employable.”

Plus, “In this economy, any job is more valuable than no job, Ms. Kane says, especially if you approach it with the attitude: What can I learn?”

ANTHONY WEINER’S COLLATERAL DAMAGE: Barbara Walters. “When Joy Behar, of all people has to defend Sarah Palin from your bizarrely gratuitous swipe, you know you let your hate lead you too far into Whackyland. . . . As you listen to Walters, all you see is passionate advocacy; not a newswoman concerned with the truth of a story, but a partisan doing everything she can to divert attention from a story she doesn’t like. . . . We don’t actually have a genuine press any more. Thank God for the Internet, says I. I wonder how much longer we’ll be able to traipse its environs freely.” ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ.