HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Astroturfing in Texas? “Bottom line: the widely reported ‘I stand with Bill Powers’ Facebook effort was not an organic display of support. It was, however, publicly held out by the organizers as organic.”

WISCONSIN: New Marquette Law School poll has Walker ahead by 6 percentage points (and Romney and Obama tied in Wisconsin).

Don’t get cocky, kid.

HMM: Robert Kennedy Jr.’s estranged wife found dead.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: 12% of Moms Using Smartphones During Sex. “What are they using their phones for during sex? Well, the survey didn’t get that specific. We may never know if they’re texting details to their friends, updating their Facebook status or checking email while gettin’ busy in the bedroom.”

HAPPY National Masturbation Month.

THE PROBLEM IS, NOBODY’S AFRAID OF HIM ANY MORE: Obama’s plan to ‘crucify’ political opponents: Targeting Romney donors is meant to scare away others. But if Tea Party folk want to put some heat on some Obama donors, that would only be fair, I suppose.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: “Your Husband Is Gay And Everyone Knows It.”

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: One-Night Stand Etiquette: Who Should Cover Birth Control?

UPDATE: A whole flock of readers responds with variations on “the government!” and “Georgetown University!”

HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): “By a margin of nearly two to one, Americans expect their children’s jobs, salaries and benefits to be worse than their own. Some 35% go so far as to say that America’s best days are behind it.” I think that’s wrong, but only if we get rid of the current gang in Washington.

SCIENCE: Why Women Choose Bad Boys. “Women choose bad boys because their hormones make them, new research suggests. When ovulating a woman’s hormones influence who she sees as good potential fathers, and they specifically pick sexier men over obviously more dependable men. . . . Under the hormonal influence of ovulation, women delude themselves into thinking that the sexy bad boys will become devoted partners and better dads.”

NOW OUT: From Dave Kopel, et al., Firearms Law & the Second Amendment; Regulation, Rights, and Policy.

ROGER SIMON: Is Obama Imploding?

Roger Kimball: Obama By The Numbers.

Related: Alarm Grows Among Dems About Obama’s Chances.

Don’t get cocky, kid.

BECOMING YOUR OWN WEIGHT LOSS BOSS. I favor the Gary Taubes approach myself, with a strong admixture of Mark Rippetoe. A calorie-counting app (I use Livestrong) is also helpful.

LIKE THE FEMINISTS DID FOR BILL CLINTON BACK IN 1998. Van Jones: Yeah, we enviros took a dive for Obama during the Gulf oil spill.

What’s the environmentalist equivalent of a Groper’s Support Group? Er, all of ’em, I guess. . . .

AT AMAZON, coupons, coupons, and more coupons.

21ST CENTURY REPRODUCTION: Parents Are Paying To Freeze Their Adult Daughters’ Eggs.

AN INTERVIEW WITH NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY, author of The Faculty Lounges: And Other Reasons Why You Won’t Get The College Education You Pay For.

FASTER, PLEASE: Latest simulation shows that the magnetic nozzles required for antimatter propulsion could be vastly more efficient than previously thought–and built with today’s technologies.

LONGEVITY UPDATE: Gene Therapy Extends Mouse Lifespan.

WITH LUCK, BY THEN THE U.S. WILL BE THE WORLD’S BIGGEST OIL EXPORTER: IMF Sees Oil Price Doubling in 10 Years.

ANOTHER READER BOOK PLUG: Night Music, by Tobias Cabral.

FAILING THE TEST: Teen Arrested After Homework Left At Crime Scene.

AT THE LONDON OLYMPICS, a “mankini?”

FASTER, PLEASE: New Drug Trial Seeks to Stop Alzheimer’s Before It Starts.

THIS IS THE WAY the Higher Education Bubble ends. “The higher education bubble ends with inevitable disaggregation of classes from the universities that offer them, and soon.”

Someone should write a book on this subject.