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If you're a Democrat and interested in some behind-the-scenes analysis of why the party appears so weak (to the public, according to polls) on national security, here's a good place to start. Thanks to Josh Marshall for the links.

As opined below, the House has become a playground for the extremists on each side of the political spectrum. On the right-wing side, one of the pet peeves has been large jury awards against their friends in the business community. That may be taken up by the new Congress, in which case blatant activity such as UNUM Provident's denial of disability payouts to legitimate claimants could expand drastically. It's already pretty outrageous.

"The more things change..." During my senior year in high school one of my classes had an assignment to build a model city; we went for innovation, using a circular layout rather than the standard grid (we didn't have any budding real estate developers wanting standard-sized lots in the class). Lo and behold, 34 years later, somebody is following our suggestion. Here's some slightly more important info: the Bush photo with the upside-down book leads Wired to discuss the larger issue of doctored photos in general. Check out the links, particularly the list of domain names the Bushies registered in 2000 in an ultimately futile attempt to prevent parody.