Free Will has an excellent post about steel tariffs, retaliation tariffs, and the differences between American freedom-loving citizens and the subjects of the EuroState. This is just one quote from many that I could have pulled:

Case in point: Recognizing their impending doom as the world moved on without them, elements of Europe (IE France and Germany) desperately began reorganizing it into a thinly veiled working model of the United States. However, they then proceeded to “tweak” it to make it “more European”, completely missing the point, that Americans fought a series of wars to make their country as uneuropean as possible, and that this is the key to our success.

Aaron at Aaron’s Rantblog posts about keeping manufacturing in America whenever possible, a position I heartily agree with.

Damnum absque injuria theorizes on the possible effects of the most recent Ninth Circuit bombshell.

E-Claire follows recent PETA activities and theorizes about what PETA really stands for. Go see if you can come up with some suggestions to help her out.

Zee at Spiced Sass points out the obvious inconsistencies in the anti-war Bush-hating left’s thinking in a manner that is pure Zee.

These are just a few of the entries in this week’s Watcher’s Council contest. Do yourself a favor and go down the whole list.