I just returned from a rally on Federal Hill Park to reelect Governor Martin O'Malley and the MD Democratic ticket. The rally was advertised to start at 3:00 PM, but I got there about 4:30 and some fellow told me that only Kratovil, Kamenetz and a few others had spoken already.

I've been reading about the coming austerity measures in the UK and Germany. Guess who loses?

Tea! I don't know what's wrong with the Tea Party!
Tea! They're conservative with a big fat C.
Why can't they be like we are? Why can't they only see?
What's the deal with the Tea Par-ty?

Everybody has a pet theory about the Tea Party. The Wall Street Journal thinks they're on to something that liberals are too effete to discern.

The Infrastructurist has a good summation of the For and Against of high-speed rail. They also have a slough of links throughout the article that I haven't reproduced here.

I ran across this article yesterday, or one like it: