June 1, 2010 4:43PM 

# Tuesday Links 

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- Gene Healy on [the role of the presidency in the BP oil spill](http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/BP-oil-spill_-Who_s-your-daddy_-95271314.html):

> When Hurricane Katrina hit, liberals who had spent years calling President Bush a tyrant suddenly decided he wasn’t authoritarian enough when he hesitated to declare himself generalissimo of New Orleans and muster the troops for a federal War on Hurricanes.
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> Now the party of “drill, baby, drill” — the folks who warn that Obama’s a socialist — is screaming bloody murder because he’s letting the private sector take the lead in the well-capping operation. It’s almost enough to make a guy cynical about politics.

- A man in Maryland is facing felony charges today. His crime? Recording a traffic stop with a video camera. [It’s time to change Maryland’s wiretapping laws. ](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11861)

- [Rethinking Darfur](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11862): A new study examines policy proposals to helping a devastated land.

- Podcast: “[The Trouble with *Comstock*](https://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=1164)” featuring Roger Pilon.

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