Tuesday morning roundup

Criminality, not poverty, begets crime.

I don't get Slapp. Businesses think they can get away for being horrible, but people can't complain about them?

What? Tea Party candidates backtrack sometimes when people weigh their initiatives against reality?

Corporations ponder how best to influence anonymously.

The auto bailout can actually boast "Mission Accomplished."

Is hiring a ghost-writer for e-dating misrepresentation?

Oh, were U.S. political bickering as witty as that of the Brits.

Gene Weingarten's Googleyups column is hilarious.