Welcome to Casting the net, Liberal Conspiracy’s daily web review. As always, please feel free to share your own recommendations in the comments section.

Highlights
Ann Coulter – John Vincent Coulter
I’m probably going to get stoned for linking to an Ann Coulter article, but I think this eulogy to her father gives deep insight into the psyche of the American right.

Tim Luckhurst/CiF – The rise of the clan chief
A devastating character assassination of the PM. Luckhurst even dismisses the chancellor’s supposed intellect. Ouch.

Cassilis – Real compassion demands welfare reform…
Cassilis calls for an end to idle partisan rhetoric: “a system that might ultimately see a very small number of people being denied any support at all is still a compassionate system”.

Hopi Sen – Dude, where’s my bandwagon?
Hopi chronicles the deeply tragic sight of David Cameron jumping on the Obama bandwagon.

James Graham – Nick Clegg: It’s beat up an activist day!
Clegg is aping Cameron (who aped Blair) by taking on his own party. Clegg, however, doesn’t have the mandate.

John Garnaut/SMH – China’s economic power needs the party
On China’s autocratic capitalism and its social democrat: economic historian Qin Hui. via.

Eric Lee – Which candidate should American unions support?
All three democratic frontrunners represent improvements for America’s workers, but who is best?

Elsewhere
Daily Kos – Enough with the “Diebold Hacked the NH Primary“ Lunacy
Mind the Gap – Solidarity and feminism – how far we’ve come in 40 years…
John’s Labour blog – Boris says Ken to blame for knife crime
Remembering the Ability in Disability – I thought he had a son with CP?
Jon Worth – Nuclear: annoy a few people a lot, rather than mildly inconveniencing the many
Westminster Wisdom – The Relevance of Rigour
Rupert Cornwell/Independent – Instead of the coronation of Barack Obama, we witnessed the triumph of democracy
Mark Mardell’s Euroblog – A Polish border tragedy

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