DAY’S END ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Preventing market distortion – Tim Cavanaugh, Hit & Run
Unicorns and conservative immigration reform – B. Johnson, Red State
What exactly is ‘gossip?’ – Jonathan Chait, The Plank
Releasing detainees is risky business – Cliff May, The Corner
Freight rail’s anti-trust exemption – Matthew Yglesias
Sotomayor: Shred and burn – Jillian Bandes, Townhall
We need a third stimulus – Dean Baker, Firedoglake
The affirmative action problem – Megan McArdle, The Atlantic
Sean Hannity, judicial activist – Jed Lewison, Daily Kos
Don’t define an era just yet – Peter Wehner, Contentions
Playing grown-up – Steve Benen, Political Animal
‘What the hell do they want from me?’ – Andrew Sullivan
Inventorying Pelosi – Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
A ‘wedge tweet’ – Greg Sargent, Plum Line

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Gibbs: Sotomayor regrets her word choice – The Hill
U.S. refutes terror accusations by Iran – The Hill
Obama lays out cyber-security plan – NY Times
Auto union accepts GM deal – WaPo