Marion Barry, NY Times on Teen Sex, Chalabi and more...

Daily Round-up


First good news on the economy. Maestro Kudlow says:

According to just-released data from the Institute of Supply Management, which tracks the manufacturing sector, new orders, production, order backlogs, export orders, and employment were very strong in May. The industrial sector is so strong that the speed of supplier deliveries has hit its highest level since April 1979. This means that firms cannot produce fast enough to meet rising demand, which is why commodity prices continue to climb. As a result, capacity use keeps growing and inventories are still too low in relation to skyrocketing sales.

Byron York gets into the fray of campaign battles with detailed analysis.

ASV points to a great graphic that just nicely summarizes the strange intrusive agenda of some groups:



Right Wing News has a great poll given to see the influence of blogs

C&F have their latest (very nice)... much better than the strange musings of Steve Benson



Kerry's comrades in arms are a little upset

Marion Barry wants a piece of D.C. Daimnation is a bit upset (as am I)

John & Bell talk about the NY Times article that makes your stomach roll... (and I've gotta raise kids for this!)

Happy Birthday to "On the Third Hand"

OxBlog and others wonder about the whole Chalabi mess. I have to admit I'm a bit confused myself.