Will The Left Apologize To Bolton?  —  On May 20, 2009, John Bolton wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal titled “Get Ready for Another North Korean Nuke Test” in which he noted that the complacency of the Obama administration about North Korea's nuclear ambitions (and Iran's) was misplaced:

CNN Poll: Powell vs. Cheney and Limbaugh  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - As Colin Powell fires back against Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh in the latest skirmish in the battle over the future of the Republican Party, a new national poll indicates that Americans have a much more favorable opinion of Powell than Cheney or Limbaugh.

A novel objection to gay marriage  —  Oh my.  Oh, oh my: … OK, so we can expect Schulman from here to advance his argument against gay marriage in a way that does not invoke Jesus and does not call gay people “icky.”  I'm skeptical that he'll be able to pull this off, but I'll be interested to see him try.

Obama's wreaths: Afro-Amer., Confed.  —  Today, there were wreaths to go around.  —  Several dozen professors had called upon the first African-American president to forgo a Memorial Day tradition of laying a wreath at a monument to Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery …

State of Paralysis  —  California, it has long been claimed, is where the future happens first.  But is that still true?  If it is, God help America.  —  The recession has hit the Golden State hard.  The housing bubble was bigger there than almost anywhere else, and the bust has been bigger too.

A Host Defends Her Brand  —  Even by the standards of cable news, Greta Van Susteren is an outsize personality.  —  On her Fox News prime-time show, she covers murder trials one minute and bailout money the next.  On her popular blog, she posts almost hourly on most days and chats with viewers via Skype.

More Than One Way to Diversify the Supreme Court  —  Beyond Race and Gender, Today's Justices are Homogenous  —  Everyone talks about diversifying the Supreme Court.  Maybe the time has come for a WASP.  —  There hasn't been a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant put forward …

Map the Fallen launched!  —  For the past two years I've been working on the Google Earth Outreach team, aimed at helping non-profits and public benefit groups use Google Earth and Google Maps to further their cause.  In that time I've worked on so many cool projects, from training indigenous communities …

Decision Day on California's Prop 8  —  Tomorrow is D-Day in California: the day that the state's Supreme Court will render its decision on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the initiative passed last November to put an end to legal gay marriage in the state.  —  Nobody has a clue which way they're likely to rule.

Who Will Ombud The Ombudsman?  —  Clark Hoyt, ombudsman of the NY Times, goes into the tank for Edmund Andrews, author of “Busted”, who was busted by Megan McArdle.  —  To recap - Edmund Andrews, Times financial reporter, is promoting a new book claiming to detail his personal journey through …

Backlash grows against Obama's preventive detention proposal  —  (updated below - Update II - Update III)  —  The backlash against President Obama's extraordinary proposal for indefinite “preventive detention” — already widespread in the immediate aftermath of his speech — continues to grow.

Useful Idiot Andy Rooney Shames America on Memorial Day (Video)  —  Andy Rooney couldn't help himself.  —  The bitter liberal could think of nothing better for his Memorial Day segment than to shame America for participating in war...  As if this country decides to go to war just for kicks:

Happy Days Are Here Again  —  Buried Lede of the Day: From the tenth graf of a May 7 WSJ article on furniture retailer Design Within Reach: … Is that really true?  If so, a big deal, no? ...  And why?  Perspective?  Lower status anxiety?  Lower Iraq anxiety?  Obama?  The power of schadenfreude? ...