WHAT HABITS DO HAPPY COUPLES HAVE?

BEATING THE WINTER BLUES WITH A SNOWBALL SLINGSHOT.

FEDERAL COURT RULES NLRB RECESS APPOINTMENTS UNCONSTITUTIONAL: From Sean Hackbarth at Free Enterprise.

UPDATE: From John Steele Gordon at Commentary,  Obama’s Power Grab Slapped Down.

WELL, THAT SEEMS FAIR: Woman who cried rape is jailed for two years after she lied to police just to hide a one-night stand from her husband. “The man she slept with was charged with rape and faced trial at Nottingham Crown Court in February. However detectives received information that Cooke had lied to conceal her infidelity. And when police went back to speak to the 41-year-old about the new evidence she told them: ‘You’ve got me’.”

3:30 ON WEDNESDAY: When Women Are At Their Worst. “According to the tanning-product company St. Tropez, which apparently conducts scientific surveys in its spare time, women look their most wrinkly and haggard at 3:30 on Wednesday afternoons. That’s precisely when the previous weekend’s partying combines with work stress and the past few nights of insufficient sleep to turn us all into real-life versions of a Cathy cartoon.”

IN NEW ZEALAND, a plan to ban cats.

AT AMAZON, Kindle Daily Deals.

MADE IN THE USA makes a comeback as a marketing tool. “When considering similar products made in the U.S. vs. China, the average American is willing to pay up to 60% more for U.S.-made wooden baby toys, 30% more for U.S.-made mobile phones and 19% more for U.S.-made gas ranges, the survey says.”

Interestingly, Chinese consumers feel the same way.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Is Pole Dancing A Sport?

JAMES TARANTO: The Todd Akin of Newspapers: A doozy of a correction from the Chicago Tribune. “Since the subject matter is of interest to this columnist, we shall not ignore the Trib’s correction. But since it too is too long to quote in full, we’ll have to subject it to withering analytical scrutiny instead.”

OUCH: What Difference Does It Make?

MEGAN MCARDLE: Easy Choices On Health Care: There Aren’t Any. “If they were easy, we’d already have done them.”

I actually think that technology will push costs down in the not too distant future, if we don’t screw things up first.

MORE BAD NEWS FOR OPEC: Aussies Strike Black Gold. “Move over, America, there’s a new shale oil giant in town. An Australian drilling company found a huge shale oil deposit potentially containing enough oil to match the reserves of Saudi Arabia. . . . It’s not clear yet how much oil is recoverable, but even at the low end the field would include as much shale oil as America’s Bakken formation, which has helped transform U.S. energy production and the global energy landscape. If higher estimates prove more accurate, Australia could join the U.S. as one of the world’s top oil producers.”

REPORT: Saxby Chambliss to retire. “Chambliss, 69, had been expected to face a conservative challenge in the Republican primary next year, with Rep. Paul Broun among those considered a potential opponent.”

JOHN DEAN: Dealing With Aaron Swartz In The Nixonian Tradition.

PROF. JACOBSON: “Rigging” the electoral system only is bad when it hurts Democrats. Yeah, I saw Josh Marshall on Twitter yesterday, trying to figure out a way to call this racist, and I knew they were worried.

TED CRUZ: “I believe Republicans can win a majority of the Senate in 2014.”

MALI UPDATE: Mali rebel group splits, one faction ready for talks.

WHEN IT COMES TO END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS, The State Does Not Love You. “First, socialist states invariably run out of money once they finally destroy their productive class; and second, the state has neither heart nor soul. To you, Patient X is your beloved mother, or brother, or child. To the state, Patient X is an unnecessary cost to an already strained system.”

AT AMAZON, markdowns on bestselling point-and-shoot cameras.

Also, today only: Save up to 25% on an RCA 55-Inch and 42-Inch LED HDTV.

REASON TV: “FEMA Won’t Let Us Rebuild Our Home.”

Remember back when if you criticized FEMA it meant you hated disaster victims or something?

FULL TEXT: Bobby Jindal’s Speech To The RNC.

MELISSA HENSON: The Entertainment Industry Has Blood On Its Hands. Republicans should introduce a bill making them liable for violence they cause. . . .

Meanwhile, repeal the Hollywood tax cuts! Did I mention that there’s a White House Petition on that?

MIKE MCNALLY: Where Did Piers Morgan Come From, Anyway? “He’s new to you, but my fellow Brit has been a craven opportunist for decades.”