ANNALS OF THE .00001 PERCENT: Obama stays at private equity guru’s $7.6 million Martha’s Vineyard house.

KYLE SMITH: Nudge off! Why czars of suggestion — Eat better! Exercise more! Save don’t spend! — are doomed to inevitable failure.

HILLARY’S PRE-2016 THEME WILL BE “WOMEN WHO BREAK BARRIERS.”

Well, she’ll do better with that one than with Women Who Do Well As Secretary Of State.

MARK LEVIN’S The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic, is out today. Here’s a review, and here’s an interview.

MICHAEL BARONE: Not everyone wants to be CEO.

IT’S POTEMKIN VILLAGES ALL THE WAY DOWN: Former Ron Wyden aide challenges Obama’s surveillance claims.

THE HILL: Rep. McCaul says Obama now trying to ‘salvage’ NSA program.

SURE, I BELIEVE THEM. White House still insists government not spying on Americans.

The White House on Monday reiterated President Obama’s claims that Americans are not being spied on by the federal government, even though a new report showed the National Security Agency was violating privacy laws thousands of times each year.

Earlier this month, Obama said the White House was not monitoring ordinary Americans, hoping to lessen the backlash against his administration’s controversial surveillance tactics. Just a week later, it was revealed that the NSA had in fact intercepted Americans’ phone calls and emails, including those not connected to terrorism investigations.

Still, the White House is not backing down from the president’s claims.

Stay tuned.

ROLL CALL: Can GOP ‘Replace’ Obamacare? The RSC Has a Plan.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Student Loan Lifestyles.

Student loan debt is much in the news of late, with a steady stream of articles about how borrowing decisions may limit graduates’ ability to take certain jobs, live in certain areas, or even own a home. But what about the impact of borrowing during the college years?

A study released here Saturday at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association suggests that students who borrow are likely to have notably different experiences while in college from those who are able to enroll debt-free. And there are two distinct patterns for student borrowers, one with many more negative associations. . . . Yurk (who borrowed $15,000 to finance her undergraduate education at Northwestern University) said that that “we’re not saying that debt is good. We would never say people should have to take out debt.” The key fact, she said, is that students who borrow “are different,” and that when they have less time or inclination to participate in student activities, “they are missing some of the quintessential college experience.”

College leaders need to remember, she said, that debt doesn’t just allow people to enroll in college, but changes their experience there. “Debt polarizes people,” Yurk said. “There is a chance students will gain responsibility. But there is a risk students get disengaged.”

The prospect of graduating with huge debt can concentrate the mind, but sadly that’s no guarantee of success — or of being able to pay the debt off.

YOU CAN’T OBJECTIFY ME HERE! THIS IS A SLUTWALK! Stacy McCain covers “Slutwalk Insanity.”

CLETA MITCHELL: The IRS Scandals, Part 4.

MICKEY KAUS: If Amnesty Wins, Blame Cruz. “This might seem odd, since Cruz opposes amnesty. It’s not. Cruz was the national politician best positioned to stop the bipartisan, MSM-backed push for ‘legalization first.’ He not only failed to rise to the occasion, he’s recently increased its chance of becoming law.”

TRUE: Demonizing Obama’s domestic opponents doesn’t change Obama’s foreign policy failures.

KIND OF AN ARCHITECTURAL METAPHOR FOR OBAMACARE: Building a 47-story building but forgetting the elevators.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: ABA Approves Dilution of Faculty Tenure, Employment Data Reporting Change Requested by CA, NY Law Schools.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Law-School Professors Face Less Job Security: Changes Promise to Make It Easier to Pare Faculty as Enrollment Declines.