* Ross Douthat riffs on whether Mitch Daniels is angry enough for Republican primary voters. Is there not a place for mildly self-effacing Happy Warriors?

* Patrick Chovanec has written a terrific primer on the Chinese succession.

* Betsey Stevenson is brilliant. Her work is always a pleasure to read, and her reply to Bryan Caplan at Cato Unbound is no exception.

* Sanity prevails as HSR funds that were going to be utterly wasted in Florida will instead be spent in the Northeast corridor. Rather amusingly, many people believe that this represents a blow to central Floridians, who aren’t exactly clamoring for Tampa-to-Orlando HSR.

* Andrew Cuomo’s get-tough strategy with New York State unions has run into a roadblock.

* The PROTECT IP Act will cripple innovation. Kill the bill.