Today on theamericanconservative.com, Jim Antle considered the maturing Tea Party, Eric Margolis spotlighted the embarrassing politics of Julian Assange’s extradition, and Daniel McCarthy excoriated Todd Akin’s redefinition of rape. Michael Brendan Dougherty endorsed the conservative case for breaking up the banks, Daniel Larison rejected Bill Kristol’s theory of Millennial Ryanmania, and found it difficult to see political ‘nuance’ in Paul Ryan’s votes for TARP and Medicare Part D.

Rod Dreher wondered why northerners don’t say please, postulated that homeschooling made him more libertarian, and celebrated sacred geometry. Bad history vexed Larison, the GOP’s Medicare strategy dispirited Scott Galupo, and yours truly recalled presidential Muzak affinities.