Apologies for the lack of, uh, quality analysis to which Piedmont Publius readers have become accustom. I’ve just been living outside my own head for a few days, which is a good thing to do from time to time. JLF commander John Hood thinks it’s a good idea, too, as evidenced by a little strategy session down at hq earlier in the week.

That said, I’ll take a gratuitous shot at our local paper of record: They think very highly of plans for a $100 billion federal “green building initiative” that would create thousands of jobs in North Carolina.