Charles Krauthammer on Iraq on National Review Online We know Obama hasn’t been to Iraq in more than two years, but does he not read the papers? Does he not know anything about developments on the ground? Here is the “nothing” that Iraqis have been doing in the last few months:

There is no “peak water” crisis « Fabius Maximus in much of the world water is under-priced, and underpriced goods are usually scarce.

Careers: Focused Practice, Not Everyday Work, Improves Your Skills Focused Practice, Not Everyday Work, Improves Your Skills

The Corner on National Review Online Public Law 110-181 was the 2008 defense authorization bill. It passed the Senate by 91 to 3 in January, with six Senators not voting. Among those six absentees was Barack Obama. So he cites a bill he didn’t even vote for.

Climate Skeptic: Gret Moments In Alarmism Yes, 2008 has been far colder than 1988.

Augean Stables » PCP Runs into Opposition: Kristoff vs. Steinberg on Hebron PCP Runs into Opposition: Kristoff vs. Steinberg on Hebron

Has Europe’s terminal crisis begun with a triple no vote? - Telegraph The ultra-Europeans have overplayed their hand. We can now glimpse a chain of events that will halt, and reverse, this extremist push towards an Über-state that almost no one wants.

Taki’s Magazine: The Diversity Recession, or How Affirmative Action Helped Cause the Housing Crisis

Global Labor and the Global Economy: Who "sent" Obama? Who "sent" Obama?

Chicago Boyz » Blog Archive » Why do They All Hope He is Lying? It is weird how so many who claim to like Obama hope he is lying. Three examples come to mind immediately:

• 1. People who like free trade hope he was lying to the voters of Ohio about tearing up NAFTA. He can’t really have meant that.
• 2. People who like the idea of bipartisanship ignore the fact that he is the most partisan Senator in the whole chamber.
• 3. People who want to believe he will be an incarnation of Leftist hopes and dreams will try to believe that this list of stodgy foreign policy advisers is a subterfuge.