Today on the Main Site:

Rand Paul and Halitosis by Daniel Oliver: What he said and didn’t say to Ms. Rachel Maddow.

Blundering Into a Culture War by W. James Antle, III: Surveying the scene fourteen years after the Defense of Marriage Act.

Bowdlerizing Berwick by David Catron: The media campaign to sanitize Donald Berwick’s record.

America in Retreat by Daniel Mandel: The price of alleged popularity.

Return From Sandpoint by Ben Stein: The death of Robert Butler, M.D., stirs memories.
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Is California Going to Pot? by Peter Hannaford: Will drug legalization result in greater tax revenues?

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work by James Bowman: Not very nice work, even if you can get it.

What to Watch for: 

Moment of truth for Energy Bill (Politico) 

BP discussing asset deal with Apache Corp. (WSJ) 

Democratic Governors express grave concern over immigration suit (NY Times) 

At least 64 dead in Uganda world cup blast (Washington Post) 

Swiss reject Polanski US extradition request; seemingly a free man thanks to Swiss “national interests” (BBC News)

Clip of the Day: 

Axelrod says “no administration has been tougher on [immigration] enforcement”