THEY’RE SUCH PRUDES ACROSS THE POND: Picasso nude too hot for some travelers at Edinburgh Airport.

THE CDC’S LATEST DISCOVERY: Pretty Much Everyone Is Fat. And things have just gotten steadily worse despite the government’s introduction of the Food Pyramid. Who could have seen that coming? Oh, right.

TRACY QUAN: Kristen Stewart, Katie Holmes, and the Summer of Break-Up Porn.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: How Spoiled Are Our Children?

OUT: Worries about “iron-poor blood.” IN: Worries about too much iron in blood. “The problem with too much stored iron is that, short of bleeding, the body can’t easily get rid of it. Menstruating women are unlikely to have a problem, but for others with high stores the recommended treatments include phlebotomy and frequent blood donation. Without these measures, excess iron gets deposited in the liver, heart and pancreas, where it can cause cirrhosis, liver cancer, cardiac arrhythmias and diabetes.”

I donate blood regularly, and one additional benefit is that it keeps iron levels from getting too high.

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TUNISIA: Springtime for “Defamation of Religion.”

J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS: Breaking: 1,100 Florida Voters Disenfranchised Today.

IS IT JUST ME, OR ARE THESE GUYS SOUNDING A LITTLE DESPERATE? Obama wrongly accuses Bush (and Paul Ryan) of causing the Great Recession.

WHAT OUR SCHOOLS NEED: A FEW GOOD MEN.

Despite some inroads by men, teaching remains a female-dominated profession. This is especially true for younger children. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 2% of pre-K and kindergarten teachers and 18% of elementary and middle-school teachers are men. . . .

First, men represent an underutilized talent pool. If we could attract more males to teaching, school districts would have an easier time hiring outstanding individuals. The point is not that men are better teachers, but that highly qualified men are far less likely to apply for teaching jobs.

Second, boys in particular benefit from the presence of male role models in the classroom. As Stanford University professor Thomas Dee has documented, in a study of more than 20,000 middle-school students, boys perform better when they have a male teacher, and girls perform better when they have a female teacher. If we want to do something about boys’ often sluggish classroom performance, more male teachers could be a useful step. . . .

How might we encourage more men to consider teaching?

Schools of education should aggressively recruit male applicants by working through high school guidance counselors. Teach for America should target male applicants. And well-designed performance pay plans for teachers might entice more talented men to choose teaching as a vocation.

We could also strengthen the Troops to Teachers program, founded in 1993. Rep. Tom Petri, R.-Wis., has recently sought to increase the number of veterans — most of whom are male — who are eligible to participate and to increase the number of schools in which they might serve.

Actually, what we need is Title IX-style federal legislation mandating that K-12 teachers in schools receiving federal funds be 50% men. In the name of fairness. And for the children.

UPDATE: Reader Jeff Burhans writes:

I taught in the public schools for a couple of years and usually the questions I got went something like this:

So, how many children do you have? – I’m not married.
Oh…so you’re gay then? That’s wonderful! – No, no, I’m straight.
Oh…um…Why are you teaching children then?

The implication and suspicion has always been plain on people’s faces. If you’re male and teaching kids – you must be gay, or a child molester. Possibly both.

Well, it’s precisely this kind of societal prejudice that calls for strong federal legislation to overcome it — just as we got strong federal legislation to address prejudice against women under Title IX.

WHY IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST FOUNDATION buying fake poop?

STILL COST-EFFECTIVE: Squeezing More Life Out Of The Internal Combustion Engine.

BARACK OBAMA IN 2005: We’ve got to reform Medicare to get these costs under control!

JOE BIDEN LEAVES A CAMPAIGN TRAIL OF DISASTER: In Virginia: “We Can Win North Carolina!” — plus, how Republicans are going to put black people back in chains.

SELF-QUANTIFICATION OBSESSIONS: The Nike Fuel Band.

A “SPACE CORVETTE:” A look at XCOR Aerospace’s Lynx.

ANOTHER #GREENFAIL: Latest Ethanol Mandate Raises Ire of Motorcyclists.

RICHARD EPSTEIN: The ObamaCare Quagmire. “Public officials, at both the federal and the state level, are grappling with the Herculean task of implementing the law. Its internal complexity and flawed design make it a program that was built to fail.”

FROM THE TAR-AND-FEATHERS DEPARTMENT: John Ellis proposes a “National Wall of Shame.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: The Upper-Middle Class Has Itself to Blame for Student Debt. “When it comes to paying for college, upper-middle-class families often get the worst of all possible worlds. They’re not wealthy enough to treat the cost of tuition as an afterthought. They’re not needy enough to qualify for big discounts. But they’re often status conscious enough to pay whatever’s necessary for their kids to attend an elite college.”

I think we’re beginning to see some buyer-resistance, though.

HEH: Video: Lifelike talking-points robot doesn’t like being reminded that Ryan’s Medicare plan won’t affect seniors.

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY: Democrats Campaign On Fear, Not Ideas. Well, it’s not as if Obama can run on his record.

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