HAROLD KOH AND JOHN YOO: “Two Peas In A Pod?”

BEACH READING: At Amazon, Bestsellers In Literature And Fiction.

INSTAVISION: I talk with Georgetown Law Professor and blogger Randy Barnett about the Supreme Court, attacks on Clarence Thomas, and the future of constitutional reform. (Bumped).

TRANSPARENCY: PJ Media Sues Department Of Defense For Climate Conference Info. “The original request was kicked all the way up to the office of the secretary of defense. There’s no valid reason to make it this difficult for PJMedia to get basic information unless the administration has something to hide.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Is The Sky Really Falling For Legal Education?

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NO SECRETS: Top Senate Republicans call for more transparency in debt limit negotiations.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Gun ranges to be allowed in Chicago under Rahm’s proposal.

WALKING INTO MORDOR: A new Firewall from Bill Whittle.

THE LATEST ON Hugo Chavez.

NEWT GINGRICH’S Jewelry Industry Stimulus Plan.

THEY’RE NOT IN THE TANK, THEY’RE IN THE TRASH COMPACTOR: Video: MSNBC Feeling The Pressure Of Not Being Sufficiently Pro-Obama Or Something.

A BARACK OBAMA TAX CUT! ‘Temporary’ 0.2% Federal Unemployment Surtax Expires Today After 35 Years. Well, not exactly . . . “In his 2012 budget, President Obama proposed making the surtax permanent.”

DSK UPDATE: The Letter the Prosecution Sent Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s Defense. “As I say, this doesn’t mean she wasn’t raped. But it would be very difficult to convict based on this person’s testimony.”

MEN ARE MORE DOWNBEAT THAN WOMEN about America’s future.

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STACY MCCAIN: I’m thinking of starting a new blog “The Other French Billionaire CEO,” because world-famous actresses and supermodels are obviously impressed by that kinda stuff.

CRAIG NEWMARK: We’re living in the Singularity already.

Hmm. Somebody should write a book on the social-media phenomena he describes, and their implications.

SYRIA UPDATE: Syrian forces kill 24, protesters tell Assad to go.

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POLIWOOD: Producer Paul Witt and Roger L. Simon Talk About Their Film “A Better Life.”

TAX ADVICE TO THE GOP, from Scott Ott.

OBAMA AND WALL STREET: Is The Love Affair Really Over?

FURTHER THOUGHTS ON DAN SAVAGE: So I’m thinking of the connection between “If you are expected to be monogamous and have one person be all things sexually for you, then you have to be whores for each other,” and “a good wife is a good sex worker.”

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