WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: America Leads World In Energy Revolution.

VIA THE COMMENTS AT ANN ALTHOUSE’S, I ran across this rather cool cover of Stuck In The Middle With You by Susanna Hoffs, which I had somehow missed before.

And here’s a cool cover of Cinnamon Girl by her and Matthew Sweet. Very nice, though I have to say Hoffs has held up a lot better than Sweet, appearance-wise. Matthew Sweet’s Girlfriend may have been the last song that I heard on the radio and then went directly to a record store to buy the album. The drum/guitar/bass/harpsichord break is pure genius. I saw him on that tour at the Bijou in Knoxville and it was a good show, though the t-shirt girl said he was a “brat.” To my knowledge, he never actually dated Tuesday Weld.

And, while we’re at it, Different Drum. And, Does She Talk? Can you spot the Caddyshack reference? The Ghostbusters reference is kind of obvious. You’re gonna like it!

A CRITICISM OF LAW REVIEWS, and a defense.

A CHART: Every Bond Girl, with followup recent photos.

IF REPUBLICANS HAD DONE THIS IT WOULD BE PORTRAYED AS SINISTER: Billionaire-Funded Liberal Stealth Groups Paved Obama Win.

More than 4 million people who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 did not vote this year. But by applying new voter science, Obama nudged enough replacements in key states — many who were rare or first-time voters — to give him his margin of victory (leveraged even larger by the Electoral College).

Years of stealthy multimillion-dollar efforts paid off forAmerica’s left in the 2008 and 2012 victories by President Barack Obama. Using new voter science to get rare and first-time voters to go to the polls, the races have changedAmerica’s electorate — those who make the country’s decisions by showing up and voting.

Aided by $5 million minimum from George Soros, plus millions more from others, at least two secretive institutions were created to enable this effort by focused research on behavioral science. Their results are made available only to liberals and their causes.

And there would be calls for regulation to put a stop to it. Along with press coverage suggesting that it’s creepy and probably racist.

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NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: New strides in understanding mechanochemical reactions.

CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT: The TSA As We Know It Is Dead. Not as dead as I’d like.

THE PAIN OF letting your kids live their own lives.

ON FACEBOOK, Virginia Postrel comments: “People who mock Marco Rubio’s kowtowing to young earthers should also ask CA Dems to diss people who worry about Mercury in retrograde.”

SUSANNAH BRESLIN: How To Get More Work Done Without Really Trying. Plus other advice for freelancers.

NOT ONE OF THE SPIN SISTERS, a new women’s magazine, Verily. Yay, Verily!

And I’ll bet I’m not the first one to make that pun.

STANDUP DESKS gaining favor in the workplace.

It’s not the same thing, but we like the FitDesk.

MY USA TODAY COLUMN: How The GOP Can Force Obama’s Hand. The usual leftie commenters seem upset, which is generally a good sign.

I’M AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF POPULAR MECHANICS, and here’s a button to chill the heart of robophobes like Matt Yglesias.

The new demographic trends mean that the era of human dominance in American politics is coming to an end. Stand aside for change, party of old, carbon-based voters!

MOUNT EVEREST, where dead bodies abound.

ALEX TABARROK: Marcia Angell’s Mistaken View of Pharmaceutical Innovation.

AND OBAMA REJECTS: Republicans Make Their Fiscal Cliff Counter-Offer.

IN THE MIDDLE EAST: Going under the knife for a manly mustache. The notion of a “mustache implant” was new to me.

AT AMAZON, 50% Off Sleepwear. For Men, Women, Children & Babies.

THE OLD NARRATIVE IS NO LONGER OPERATIVE: Mitt Romney: ‘Is Not Like Us’ – Except Now He Is.

HOW’ THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): Middle Class Net Worth Collapses to 1969 Levels.

DAVID GORDON: The Mangling Of American History.

IMAGES: Planned Cities Seen From Space.

This makes me think, once again, of James Scott’s Seeing Like A State.

J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS: Eric Holder Cons the Courts to Save the Voting Rights Act. “According to Justice Department documents obtained by PJ Media, Eric Holder’s DOJ has launched a legal strategy to uphold the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act by deliberately disregarding statutory law, and failing to inform courts about it in collusive litigation.”