A Day For Sitting Back and Listening In

Sometimes, it's worth the price of admission to just sit back and let the bloggers spout off on whatever's on their minds, because it's some of the best entertainment in town. Today's offerings:

Evil twin theory?
Today's top blog post, from Talking Points Memo, poses the theory of the evil-twin brother to explain the resignation of Claude Allen, President Bush's former domestic policy advisor, after he was arrested for a shoplifting spree. I had one, too! says American Princess blogger. TMP Cafe blogger just has some fun with the whole scenario.

Security tricks...in basketball
You wouldn't really expect a technology/security expert to discuss basketball, but Bruce Schneier does just that at Schneier on Security (today's No. 4 top blog post), as he details a clever prank by UC/Berkeley's student basketball fans against a star USC player. "Cleverer than the feds," comments The American Scene blogger.

Head-scratching time
Blogger Seth Godin takes a moment to examine blogging in general, and Search Engine Watch's Danny Sullivan takes a hard look at constantly-expanding Google (today's No. 24 top link).

Political commentary? Yeah, got that, too
Among today's discussions: Did the President sign the wrong budget bill into law? What is Molly Ivins' latest message for the Democrats? Salon.com puts the Abu Ghraib file in context, and online. And Jerry Falwell opens his mouth, which is about all it takes these days for him to make waves.

Occupational buzz: tax time
Federal taxes are due in less than a month. Are you ready? Cheating? A BlogPulse trend graph plots the buzz. For the curious, the unusual spike is the result of tax-related blog spam.