FUNERAL FOR THE EMPTY WALLET: A tax protest in New Jersey. “The New Jersey 101.5 Empty Wallet Convoy has collected thousands of wallets along the Garden State Parkway and New Jersey Turnpike to let Governor Corzine know there’s nothing left to pay. Now, we’re bringing the wallets to the Statehouse with the Empty Wallet Funeral Procession at high noon on Tuesday.”

JOSH MARSHALL ON the Kindle’s frightful impact.

ARNOLD KLING: “For quite a while, but especially over the last nine months, the best way to predict developments in politics and finance has been to ask: what will do the most to increase the concentration of power? Every headline, from the Geithner regulatory plan to the proposed cap on the charitable deduction, to the resignation of the General Motors CEO, should be viewed in that light.”

CHRIS DODD UPDATE: Sen. Dodd’s Cavalcade of Scandal.

LOOKING AHEAD TO The U.S. Manufacturing Rescue Act of 2009.

AFTER A LONG HIATUS, Virginia Postrel is back posting at her Dynamist blog.

A BIG PAYDAY for public-sector workers in New York. (In Tennessee, not so much.)

CHANGE: Confidence in War on Terror Drops Under 50%.

RUSSIA BACKS a return to the gold standard.

MURTHA UPDATE: Is Flake picking up momentum on PMA probe?

DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL, don’t change a thing.

ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS THE NARRATIVE? ‘New York Times’ Spiked Obama Donor Story.

A BIG GROCERY SALE at Amazon. I’ve started buying a lot of staples from them, as the free Amazon Prime shipping makes it worthwhile.

MICHAEL BARONE: U.S. Not Yet Ready For Welfare State.

ANOTHER OBAMA NOMINEE with problems?

MORE FROM Daniel Hannan.

“IS IT AGAINST THE LAW?”

JONATHAN CHAIT: Why the Democrats Can’t Govern: Look who’s killing Obama’s agenda now.

JANET DALEY: If capitalism is ‘overthrown’, we’ll lose our political freedom.

PJTV: Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Institute talks about Obamanomics vs. GM & Chrysler and The Proper Role of Government.

ANN ALTHOUSE on marriage and respect.

INDEED: Real outrage is Senate’s fiscal waste. “As the furor over AIG and bonuses settles down, the larger offense has still not been discussed. People should be focused on the outrage of the government throwing around trillions of dollars with little regard for either accountability or any plan of repayment.”

COOL: Making “cloud gaming” a reality.

TAHLEEBAN: The new “nucular?”

SPRINGTIME FOR NEW ENGLAND REPUBLICANS? “Green Republican shoots are emerging from the spring muck. The most conspicuous one involves the falling fortunes of embattled Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd, up for re-election next year. A new poll has the once seemingly invincible Democrat tied with former Congressman Rep. Rob Simmons, a Republican from eastern Connecticut.”