Wednesday Reading

Yeah, yeah, school's out. Tough. Here's your reading assignment, courtesy of the Watcher's Council via the Watcher of Weasels:

Council links:

1. What the Free World Would Do Well To Emulate
   The Colossus of Rhodey
2. My Mother-in-Law The Democrat
   The Razor
3. Just Once
   Done With Mirrors
4. The Cult of Global Warming
   Hillbilly White Trash
5. Metaphorically Shooting
   Soccer Dad
6. Say It Loud, Say It Proud: I Am a Racist! *UPDATED*
   Bookworm Room
7. The End of Guilt?
   The Glittering Eye
8. R. Kelly: I Believe He's a Platinum Predator
   Rhymes With Right
9. Admitting Defeat in the Rhetoric War
   Cheat Seeking Missiles
10. Judicial Activism Run Amok
    Wolf Howling
11. A Rose By Any Other Name -- Tiptoeing Around Jihad
    Joshuapundit
12. The New College Major: "Fat Studies"
    The Education Wonks

Non-council links:

1. French Theory's American Adventures
   The Chronicle of Higher Education
2. McCain Energy Heads-Up: End Moratorium on Offshore Drilling (Details Tuesday)
   Big Lizards
3. Let's Get Something Straight
   Balloon Juice
4. Why Irish Voters Rejected the Lisbon Treaty
   The Brussels Journal
5. After the Charge
   Miserable Donuts
6. They Never Change
   Confederate Yankee
7. The Future of Russo-American Relations (Guest Voice)
   The Moderate Voice
8. Obama and Taxes: An Unchanged Liberal Agenda
   Lone Star Times
9. The Willful Blindness of Barack Obama
   Hugh Hewitt
10. Serlo the Mercer and Magna Carta
    Brits At Their Best
11. The United States Supreme Court Versus America: Awarding "The Privilege of Habeas Corpus To Terrorists"
    Townhall.com
12. Who's To Blame For High Gas Prices? Look in the Mirror, America
    Right Wing Nut House
13. Supreme Court: Supreme Overreach
    Neo-Neocon
14. Obama Finds Bitter Voter Man
    Pondering Penguin

Council members will submit their votes Thursday evening and you'll see the results right here at C-SM on Friday morning.

Thanks, Watcher, for cranking that cyber-mimeo machine all night to get this to us.