DRIVE THIS, NOT THAT: Ten Inexpensive Imitator Autos. “The dream is to park a new Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz, or Range Rover in the family garage. The reality is that exotic and luxury cars are horrendously expensive. But there are reasonably priced cars that ape the spirit of the higher-priced ones, and come surprisingly close in performance, luxury, or design (but not all three.) These ten imitators provide some serious bang for your buck.”

ANN ALTHOUSE LOOKS AT double standards on Presidential offspring. After all the Trig Palin nastiness, I have no patience with the have you no decency? crowd, since it is obvious that they possess none themselves.

ALEXIS GARCIA: Newt Gingrich and the Tea Party Paradox.

UP TO 50% off on DeWalt power tools.

Also, markdowns on Asus laptops.

The other day I saw an ad for the Asus Zenbook, and thought it might be a poor man’s Macbook Air. But really, not so poor. . . .

STEPHEN GREEN IS drunkblogging tonight’s debate in Iowa.

They’re also live-blogging — perhaps even sober! — over at the Washington Times.

UPDATE: I make no representations regarding Stacy McCain’s condition, but he’s blogging too.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Ann Althouse, too.

HAPPY Bill Of Rights Day.

TURNING ORDINARY WHEELCHAIRS into “electric superchairs.”

BILL WHITTLE: Firewall: A Voter’s Guide To Republicans.

WILL TONIGHT’S DEBATE BE the big one? From the comments: “Well, nobody lost any time going after Newt, and it appears to be taking a toll. The behind-the-scenes professional political operatives seem to be creative without limit, unless it’s about Obama, in which case they are quiet as church mice.”

WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: India, China in Economic Warnings: Eurofail Damages World. “Europe may or may not save the euro. But the costs of the euro, and of the frantic efforts being made to sustain it, are making the world a nastier and poorer place.”

Relax, guys. The Euro is safe. I exchanged my last few hundred Euros, which I’d been holding against a possible trip to France in the spring. Expect the Euro to take off any day now.

CAMP LIFE IN the dry valleys of Antarctica.

Related: Extreme How-To: Visiting The South Pole.

TIM CAVANAUGH on Solyndra and Crony Capitalism.

THE WHITE HOUSE CAN IGNORE THIS, BUT THEY CAN’T MAKE IT GO AWAY: 73 Congressmen Cosponsor House Resolution Of No Confidence In Eric Holder.

YOU CAN HEAR ME ON THE Ricochet Podcast today, along with James Lileks, Peter Robinson, and Rob Long. Among other things, I discuss the inevitability in conventional-wisdom terms, of a Romney/Gingrich ticket.

AT AMAZON, a holiday sale on Levi’s jeans. For men, women, and children.

Also, up to 60% off on boots.

STEVE CHAPMAN: Vladimir Putin’s Divided Russia.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Has Pubic Hair In America Gone Extinct? “Once Carrie was bare down there … well, remember when the Sex And The City girls ate cupcakes? Let’s put it this way: There’s now a cupcake bakery on every other corner in upper Manhattan.”

ED MORRISSEY: GOP Frontrunners Brace for Perry’s Last Stand.

HMM: U.S.-Funded Internet Liberation Project Finds Perfect Test Site: Occupy D.C.

WHY THE BRITISH WERE DOOMED to lose the race to the South Pole.

SCIENCE: Desire For Immediate Rewards Tied To Low Credit Scores.

THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR JOHN MCCAIN WE’D SEE INDEFINITE DETENTION OF AMERICANS CHARACTERIZED AS “THE RULE OF LAW.” And they were right!

DAN MITCHELL: Economics Reporter from New York Times Has Accidental Encounter with Reality, Learns Nothing. “She obviously wants readers to conclude that bad, mean, wicked Republicans are being too dogmatic because they won’t agree to big tax hikes. But the chart she prepared tells a completely different story. The only budget agreement that actually produced a balanced budget was the 1997 deal, and that deal contained tax cuts rather than tax increases!”

APPARENTLY THOSE SUBSIDIES AREN’T HOLDING THE PRICE DOWN: Fisker hikes Karma price… again… now above $100k. It’s an awfully good-looking vehicle, though.