THURSDAY NEWS: * The IRS non-scandal: if you have to hide the facts to make your case, it might be time to move on. ( Good read. ) * Our growing surveillance state reaches down to the corner, and the park. * Interesting: what if modern democracy just isn't working? * Ugh. New report finds one in nine bridges in the US 'structurally deficient.' * Whoah. Prominent gay conversion therapy group closes its doors and apologizes . * In defense of Sen. Rand Paul . * Follow-up: Gov. Jindal just kind of gives up. * Hee. Describing twenty-five movies in one sentence each.