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5. Oil Panic on the Rise
By Gustavo Coronel Somebody seems to have cut Adam Smith's invisible hand, at least in what pertains to the market dynamics of the international oil industry. In the past the price of oil in the world markets has followed rather closely the ups and downs of supply and demand. As demand exceeded supply prices rose, national economies in the developed world slowed down, oil demand fell and this, in turn, produced a drop in the price of the product. This "thermostat" effect worked rather well during the oil crises of the 1970's but it does not seem to be working well today. For the last two years now the price has been in almost uninterrupted climb, while demand does not show signs of abatement. New forces and revitalized old forces are at work to dampen this "thermostat" effect. 
4. Untied Against Homeskooled Kidz
By Erick Erickson Both California and Tennessee have done their best to shut down the home school movement in the past year. First California made it illegal to home school children unless the person teaching the child could show grade level certification. Then Tennessee's Board of Education ruled that diplomas from home school affiliated organizations were invalid to show proof of high school graduation. Now, Subway has gotten involved. The sandwich restaurant chain is holding a competition called "Every Sandwich Tells a Story." Children can win prizes for their schools. But, the rules state, "Contest is open only to legal residents of the Untied States who are currently over the age of 18 and have children who attend elementary, private or parochial schools that serve grades PreK-6. No home schools will be accepted." [Emphasis added]
3. Blue Dog Blues
By Robert Novak
Conservatives rationalized on May 13 when Republicans lost their third consecutive special Congressional election, in the supposedly safe 1st District of Mississippi. After all, they said, the victorious Democratic candidate Travis Childers, sounded more conservative during the campaign than his losing Republican candidate. He was a county official, a good old boy who the voters figured would be an independent conservative vote in the House as one of the Blue Dog Democrats. (Continued Below) 
2. Promise Breaker
By Jed Babbin Call Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell old-fashioned. When someone promises him something, the Kentucky conservative expects the promise to be kept. But that is too much to expect of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
1. A Weekend to Remember Them
By Joseph A. Rehyansky I write as someone who regularly got shot at, rocketed, and mortared by people I didn't even know who wanted to kill me. I mention this matter only to establish my bona fides to hold forth on such a weighty matter. My guess is that we have eleven too many "memorial days" of one sort or another, some of which you've never heard of and two of which are mercifully defunct, although I know from personal experience among the inhabitants of the holiday catacombs who dedicate way too much time to such things, that the officially defunct ones live on, at some debilitated level.
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