SOME INDEPENDENCE DAY THOUGHTS from Roger Kimball.

"BUT WE DON'T have any more!"

A COOL PHOTO BLOG, discovered via the comments at Ann Althouse's.

NOTHING LEFT TO PIVOT ON? Don't be so sure.

ROGER SIMON: The Good News and the Bad News on the Fourth of July.

BE A PATRIOT! GET A JOB!

SO THESE SUUNTO Heart Rate Monitors are on sale. I used to use a Polar until I lost the sensor and it was pretty good. I've got a Suunto dive computer and I like it. But the reader reviews on these are kinda lukewarm. Any recommendations from folks who've used 'em, or used others?

A SECOND TERM FOR JIMMY CARTER? Courtesy of a Republican? "Sen. John Warner, R-Virginia, asked Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman to look into what speed limit would provide optimum gasoline efficiency given current technology. He said he wants to know if the administration might support efforts in Congress to require a lower speed limit."

The 55-mile-per-hour speed limit is a bit of idiocy I hoped we'd left behind. I'm not suprised to see Mr. Private Jets supporting it, though. Meanwhile, here are some better ideas for energy savings.

TAYLOR MARSH: Why Barack Needs Hillary.

THE CLIMATE-CHANGE Juggernaut.

THE TOP 100 law and lawyer blogs.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE Fourth of July Movie?

FROM JENNIFER RUBIN, a Hollywood Pledge.

BRIAN BEUTLER, SHOT IN A MUGGING IN D.C., is going to be fine. They took out his spleen. Don't worry, Brian -- I haven't had a spleen since an unfortunate incident in my youth, and it's caused me no problems whatsoever.

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