IN BRITAIN, a tax revolt? “Around 600 chanting demonstrators had massed around the court in support of Mr Hayes. Roads were blockaded and dozens of police officers deployed to keep order. . . . The BCG’s main aim is a rallying call for ‘lawful rebellion.’ Leaflets handed out by the crowd said: ‘We, the British People have a right to govern ourselves.”

NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Self-Assembly Of A Molecular Piston.

ROGER SIMON: The Protocols Of The Elders of NPR. “What this video reveals most of all is the cultural and ideological ignorance of modern liberalism.”

HYBRID SALES up 39% in February.

THE WASHINGTON POST looks at lavish benefits for state and local govt. retirees. “Fueling the backlash is the fact that the retirement system for government workers, especially on the state and local level, has become by many measures a significantly better deal than that available to most people who work for the private sector. . . . Public-sector workers frequently can retire earlier, often in their 40s and 50s, receiving pension checks even as they go on to another career – or sometimes, ‘double-dipping’ in their old one.”

I don’t have that kind of retirement deal. Of course, that may explain why Tennessee is solvent . . . .

VERONIQUE DE RUGY: The State Pension Time Bomb.

CLAIRE BERLINSKI: The Utter, Craven Ignominy of NPR. “I cannot believe this. I can’t believe what I just read and watched. . . . I would say I’m at a loss for words, but I’m not lost for them at all. They’re right on the tip of my tongue. I just can’t use them on Ricochet.”

OUTLOOK DIMS for interplanetary trips.

BYRON YORK: GOP leader amazed at ‘condescension and arrogance’ in NPR video, calls on Dems to support defunding.

UPDATE: NPR “Appalled” By Executive’s Comments.

THE CARNIVAL OF SPACE IS UP!

CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN tells college presidents to get ready for disruption. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

WHEN ENERGY EFFICIENCY is bad for the environment.

PAUL RAHE ON KHADAFFY’S ACADEMIC SUCKUPS: The Intellectual As Courtier.

IN THE MAIL: Grantville Gazette V and The Rise of the Terran Empire: Technic Civilization Saga.

PEJMAN YOUSEFZADEH: The Obama Administration, Gitmo, and Donald Rumsfeld’s Vindication.

JENNIFER RUBIN: WHY IS THE LEFT SUDDENLY ANTI-SOCIAL-SCIENCE? Because it’s telling them things they don’t want to hear.

REVIEWING THE REVIEWERS: A roundup of book reviews from all over.

CATERPILLAR’S PROBLEM WITH PEORIA: Why an American icon is looking beyond Illinois for its future. “So why isn’t Illinois doing better when it has thriving companies like Caterpillar that still call it home? Maybe it’s because of an environment that doesn’t encourage new investment.”

BERKELEY HATEWATCH UPDATE: Jewish Student Sues UC Berkeley For Not Protecting Her. The growth of anti-semitism in the Bay Area remains troubling.

THE FISCAL TIMES: Five Social Security Myths That Have To Go.

A GOOD QUESTION: “Why Do Newspapers Support Westboro Baptist, but Not Citizens United?”

CONGRESSIONAL SALARY windfalls.

ON SALE, TODAY ONLY: A Bosch cordless drill. I have one of those. It’s very nice.

A BIG BURST OF love for Mickey Kaus.

PETER INGEMI ON WISCONSIN: “If their big draw is Michael Moore that tells you something about what is going on.”