Monday morning engine-starter: Jeremiah Wright, racial phrenologist  —  Good morning, people.  I'll be on Fox and Friends at around 8:15am to talk politics.  Today's engine-starter is The American Digest's post on Jeremiah Wright's racial brain theories.  —  Do you remember nutball racialist …

Hillary Gets No Respect  —  I normally don't claim to speak for other members of the vast right-wing conspiracy.  After all, we're each nefarious in our own, individual way.  Indeed, we often disagree with one another.  —  But I do think I can speak for most of my fellow right-wingers when I say this …

Eyes on Blue-Collar Voters, Obama Shifts Style  —  ANDERSON, Ind. — Senator Barack Obama is making subtle changes to his campaign style and message in an effort to strengthen his appeal to blue-collar voters and to avoid a defeat in Indiana that aides fear could give Democratic Party leaders further pause …

GOP 2008: rEVOLution in Reno  —  The campaign of presumptive presidential nominee John McCain continues to inspire supporters... of Ron Paul: … There have been similar scenes playing out in Alaska, Florida, Missouri and Minnesota, Texas and Washington.  The Politico notes the Paulians are being rather modest:

McCain Criticizes Remarks by Obama's Former Pastor  —  CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Senator John McCain delved on Sunday into remarks made by Senator Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., saying it was “beyond belief” that Mr. Wright had likened the Romans at the time of Jesus' crucifixion …

CHRC: “nothing untoward, nothing wrong” with hacking citizen's Internet  —  Nelly Hechme is the innocent bystander whose Internet connection was hacked by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, so their investigators could cover their tracks when they went online under their secret codenames to surf white supremacist websites.

Obama stars in Mississippi attack ad  —  The Republican candidate in a special election to fill an unexpectedly contested seat in a conservative Mississippi congressional district is using recent controversies surrounding Senator Barack Obama to tar his Democratic rival.

Bush Made Permanent  —  As the designated political heir of a deeply unpopular president — according to Gallup, President Bush has the highest disapproval rating recorded in 70 years of polling — John McCain should have little hope of winning in November.  In fact, however, current polls show him roughly tied with either Democrat.

Roger Waters plays ‘Dark Side,’ unleashes giant pig  —  INDIO, Calif. - Roger Waters brought Coachella to a close with an epic two-set performance that included playing all of “Dark Side of the Moon” and unleashing a giant inflated pig into the night sky.  —  The 64-year-old Waters …

Loan Industry Fighting Rules on Mortgages  —  WASHINGTON — The mortgage industry, facing the prospect of tougher regulations for its central role in the housing crisis, has begun an intensive campaign to fight back.  —  As the Federal Reserve completes work on rules to root out abuses by lenders …

New FAS-FAX: Steep Decline at ‘NYT’ While ‘WSJ’ Gains  —  NEW YORK Print circulation continues on its steep downward slide, the Audit Bureau of Circulations revealed this morning in releasing the latest numbers for some of the country's largest dailies for the six-month period ending March 31, 2008.

The Next Generation  —  I have a dirty little secret — I'm at least two “generations” apart from the majority of the force.  I came into the Army at a time when we were trying to figure out just what we were supposed to do in a post-Cold War World.  I vividly remember several of my instructors …