Today’s Best Bets in the Blogosphere

PoliBlog tells us the "virtual" border fence failed.

Signifying Nothing discusses the many factors that make academic work not as appealing as the general public might believe. Crooked Timber takes on part-time work for academics.

Polysigh discusses who won Harlem. Not Hillary, as Bill would suggest.

Prometheus 6 notes that there are runs on rice at some Sam's Clubs. It is totally irrational, but troubling nonetheless. ABC tells people how to save at the grocery store. Skip the Silk.

Thomas Friedman gets a pie in the face. Somewhere there's a YouTube video of it.

Michael Fauntroy likes the idea of a Gore-Obama ticket.

Megan McArdle asks the question about Pennsylvania voters no one else has.

Anthony Palmer digests the Pennsylvania primary.

Perhaps as a riposte to Earth Day, the authors at Freakonomics remind environmentalists that action intended to reduce environmental harm in one sphere can accidentally lead to to environmental harm elsewhere.