Sunday morning roundup

What happens when you let (in this case, coal) take care of their own environmental regulation? Kids with missing teeth and scabs on their arms, for example.

When things go wrong, though, you can blame the regulators, as do some former Lehman employees.

Sigh. Icing on the protest cake: "A young girl held a sign saying, “Don’t redistribute the wealth of my Barbies.”" Math is hard, little one; why don't you go shopping? It's not like we desperately need health care reform.

Maureen Dowd wasn't sure before, but she has no doubts remaining: racism is a major driving factor for the haters. Again, I think the silver lining is that, most people--especially younger generations, but also sane conservatives--are profoundly repulsed by it, and there will be backlash.

Part of me wishes that Stephen Colbert would run for office in South Carolina to shake things up, but we need him more as a satirist.

Frank Rich faults the president on leadership.

I don't always love Doonesbury, but this sums things up perfectly.