WELL, ANOTHER DEM TALKING POINT BITES THE DUST: Poll: Americans Want GOP Congress, Not Obama, to Set National Agenda. “Times have changed. A new Gallup poll finds that a large majority of Americans would like the Republican-controlled Congress, rather than President Obama, to set the direction for the country in the coming year, a marked change from 2012, when a slim majority said they preferred for Obama to guide the agenda.”

PLAGIARISM UPDATE: Post finds ‘problematic’ sourcing in some Zakaria columns.

REPUBLICAN WAVE DROWNS POLLSTERS. “If they’re right from now on, it will it only be by accident.”

JOHN HINDERAKER: It’s not just dumb. It’s Krugman dumb.

INSTAPUNDIT WILL BE DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE A BIT LATER TONIGHT. Shouldn’t take too long, but do not be alarmed.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Students Explain Affirmative Consent With Cringeworthy Video.

TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE! (CONT’D): Ohio Elementary School Teacher Charged With Raping Her Son. “She likes teaching kids, young kids.”

THIS COULD BE BIG NEWS FOR IKEA: New Materials from MIT Could Lead to Furniture that Builds Itself.

TROUBLING BUT BASICALLY CORRECT: Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True.

Many years ago I talked with Yale Prof. Paul Bracken, author of The Command And Control Of Nuclear Forces, and what he said was consistent with this — particularly the period when U.S. doctrine wasn’t even “launch on warning,” but “launch on loss of warning.”

WELL, THAT’S PROBABLY BECAUSE STAY-AT-HOME DADS DON’T GET MUCH RESPECT: Many more men say they want to be stay-at-home dads than actually are.

USDA APPROVES AN ANTI-CANCER POTATO. “The potato’s DNA has been altered so that less of a chemical called acrylamide, which is suspected of causing cancer in people, is produced when the potato is fried.”

NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: New Nanomaterial Scrubs Submarine Air.

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A SMALL GLIMPSE INTO the untold history of the Cold War.

THE WORLD’S FIRST ROAD made of solar panels.

SPACE TRAVEL IS ABOUT PIONEERING, NOT SAFETY: Why Thousands Of People Are Willing To Die On Mars. “They say we’re going to Mars to die. But of course we’re not going to Mars to die. We’re going to Mars to live.”

ANDREW SULLIVAN COMPLAINS: The SJWs Now Get To Police Speech On Twitter. “Somehow, I suspect the culture wars online just got a little more frayed. Because Twitter has empowered leftist feminists to have a censorship field day.” I believe that the folks at Twitter have also opened themselves up to sex-discrimination lawsuits.

TEST DRIVE: The 2016 Audi A7. I really liked the A7 I drove a while back, and — as impressive as the RS7 I drove is — the A7 is such a good car that I’m not sure it’s worth an extra 50 grand for the supercar performance.

OKAY, I GUESS “TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE” HAS OFFICIALLY BECOME A THING: Gloria Allred suing high school for alleged treatment of male sexual abuse victims. “Celebrity attorney Gloria Allred — well known for defending mistresses of famous people — appeared Tuesday at a press conference with the mothers of high school boys who were sexually abused by their female teacher.” Say what you like about Gloria — no, really, say what you like — but she’s got a good nose for a legal trend. . . .

I VERY MUCH DOUBT THAT THE FAA HAS ANY VALUE TO ADD HERE: The investigation into the Virgin Galactic accident has yet to find a cause, but the FAA will consider new regulations for commercial space travel. But, of course, adding value isn’t the point.

IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK IT’S FAIR TO PRESUME GUILT: Rotherham child sex abuse: Police ‘ripped up files.’

FROM MY COLLEAGUE WENDY BACH, How Law Stops Families From Flourishing.

TAXPROF ROUNDUP: The IRS Scandal, Day 551.

JOURNALISM: Sharyl Attkisson says CBS News suppressed a clip of Obama refusing to call Benghazi a terrorist attack.

From the comments: “One side knew it was lies and wanted the truth to come out; the other side knew it was lies, too, but wanted to keep the truth hidden. Sad how easy it is to figure out which side the journalists were on.”