What You Should Be Reading

My semi-customary "what you should be reading" bullets didn't fit well with the layout of today's article, so I am publishing it separately.

• Professor Perry outlines what is an outrageous assault on local control by the Obama administration; but unfortunately, it is only the latest.  I figure HUD will be the next federal agency to get its own SWAT, in line behind the EPA.
• Jerry Brown hates young people and doesn't care that so many are unemployed.  16-19 year olds in California have a 34.6% unemployment rate, but Brown wants it to be worse.
• W.C. Varones makes a great point about 9-11.  Some days it feels like the terrorists have triumphed.

I am no longer in the mood to "remember 9-11."  In hindsight, one Arab group tried to get the upper hand over other Arab groups by attacking America to establish their "street cred" to put a bounce into their recruiting numbers.  We took the bait.  Now we need to play the old Brit strategy of playing the different groups off of each other and remembering that our only consistent ally in the region is going to be Israel, because we have common national interests.