Happy Summer Solstice! At 01:48 Universal Time today the Sun reaches its northernmost point in the sky.

Nearing Diagnosis Of Alzheimer’s In Living Patients. A test for the first time promises to allow radiological visualization of Alzheimer’s plaques in living patients. Until now, the diagnosis has been presumptive until autopsy reveals the plaques.

The Nation cover story depicts David Horowitz’s Long March from Ramparts editor and major Black Panthers white liaison, to combatant against “political correctness”, to chief Republican strategist.

Aim Low by Yossi Klein Halevi. New Republic commentator argues that the prospects for Arab-Israeli peace are slim, that Assad’s death will not improve relations with Syria, and that Israel should have “a

government without great expectations, inward-looking

and aware of its limits: a government of national

humility.”

Slate: Rogue State Contest Winners

Politics makes strange bedfellows, but apparently no one can stand sleeping with Buchanan for long…

Why is the Lockerbie trial being ignored by the media?

“The Lockerbie case is probably the most interesting and

important criminal trial taking place anywhere in the world. But

you’re not likely to be reading or hearing very much about it in

the weeks and months to come.” [The Guardian]

Have you been wondering who’s driving those new PT Cruisers and VW Beetles? [US News & World Reports]

Pimping enters the Internet age

Inside The World of Art Theft

“To put your head in the sand as a governor, to my mind, that’s dereliction of duty.” A Virginia activist has filed suit to compel Gov. James Gilmore to acknowledge clandestine UFO landings and alien abductions, and to repel the space invaders with all available force.