In pushing health care reform, President Barack Obama is confronted by contemporary critics and haunted by history. Americans are ambivalent about big government, not just since Ronald Reagan but since the American Revolution. Full Article at History News Network

Per the prescient Alexander Hamilton: "A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government." Impartial observers looking for reasons to oppose Obama’s candidacy were not found wanting. Full Article at Pajamas Media

Scottish Wildlife Trust field worker and “beaver wrangler” Jenny Holden. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod Polly and Alexander Hamilton, who have fought the arrival of beavers in Scotland for the past 10 years. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

Yeah, we probably could have drummed up a few more What Went Wrong posts, but I can’t think of any glaring omissions. Maybe Xavier Nady or the April bullpen? How about the 59 regular season games the Yankees lost? Or the four in the playoffs? Full Article at Sports Blogs

(CBS/ AP) Making a case for a second term as head of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke said Thursday that he has the tools and the political backbone necessary to reel in massive economic support once the recovery is firmly rooted. Full Article at CBS News

In America today, for every problem, a national "solution" is proposed, regardless of how individual or local the issues are. Full Article at Ludwig von Mises Institute

"Is it not time to awaken from the deceitful dream of a golden age, and to adopt as a practical maxim for our political conduct that we, as well as other inhabitants of the globe, are yet remote from the happy empire of perfect wisdom and perfect... Full Article at Huffington Post

The Green Room of the San Francisco Veterans Building has been taken over for the night by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a charity organization that mashes Catholic imagery and drag, perhaps San Francisco's most iconic gay group. Full Article at San Francisco Bay Guardian

1. Empire of Liberty,by Gordon Wood 2. The Great Transformation, by Karl Polanyi 3. Masters and Commanders, by Andrew Roberts 4. Full Article at EconLog

Sarah Palin's book is out, in case you have not noticed. With all due respect to the former Governor of Alaska, I do not intend to read it in the near future. Not because I do not want to, but I really do not have the time. Full Article at Associated Content

THINK globally, act virally. Like a cartoon thought bubble, that notion seems to hang in the mild afternoon air here, as school lets out early on parent-teacher conference day at Alexander Hamilton High School. Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of the party, generally. Full Article at Town Hall

THINK globally, act virally. Like a cartoon thought bubble, that notion seems to hang in the mild afternoon air here, as school lets out early on parent-teacher conference day at Alexander Hamilton High School. Full Article at The New York Times

Guardians, Today we awarded the first prestigious Alexander Hamilton Award to Sector Ohio Valley. This award establishes a unit award for excellence to parallel our personal awards for leadership. Full Article at US Coast Guard

On the roof stone there are messages written in Babylonian, Classical Greek, Sanskrit, and Egyptian hieroglyphs. In June 1979, someone under the name R. C. Christian hired Elberton Granite Finishing Company to build this structure. Full Article at Digital City

The Founders of our country must have been having a bad day when the idea for This Republic was conceived. The Framers of the Constitution erred in thinking The US Constitution would be a foundation for a free and prosperous nation. Full Article at Town Hall

The Post turns 208 years old today. But fear not, dear reader: The newspaper first published by Alexander Hamilton on Nov. 16, 1801, is not about to start acting its age. Our headlines are not receding. Our writing is as sharp as ever. Full Article at New York Post

Game Time looks a bit better than the last 5th Grader DS game, but those looks aren't enough to make up for the poor presentation and the game still isn't any fun. One of the big problems with Game Time is the slow and plodding nature of the game. Full Article at IGN

Blame superblogger Ezra Klein (and every AP US History teacher I know) for sending around this lively White House performance of the story of Alexander Hamilton from the perspective of his eventual assassin Aaron Burr: what will you say? Full Article at ChicagoNow