THE DEATH OF EARMARKS. At this point I’d say they’re only mostly dead. But — unlike the somewhat-invested author of this piece — I think that’s still great news.

Meanwhile, gifted designer Karl Egenberger — who designed the original PorkBusters logo and who still operates the PorkBusters store — sends this PorkBusters Victory Logo:

But I’m not ready to bring the troops home quite yet. As with some other victories, the follow-through matters.

UPDATE: Bill Allison emails: “Don’t know if you made the connection. Ryan Aasheim, the author of the New Geography piece you linked to, works for a firm that’s benefited (albeit indirectly) from earmarks…” Yeah, that’s what I meant by “somewhat-invested.”