Friday morning roundup

Brooks' take on the Rolling Stone profile, interesting, if one-sided. By the way, I wouldn't link to Gerson or Krauthammer from this page, and generally opt against making my head explode by reading a single word of theirs, but this morning I couldn't help myself, and you have to understand that when they praise the President's decision, something's really up.

Contrast the above, in a way, with someone who challenged a bad idea gone 'holy writ,' and won.

Marcus on activist judging.

Make sure to throw your reusable bags in the wash every now and then.