What Kind Of Day Has It Been

• The Obama Administration has determined that it will no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act. **Editorial Note: Hallelujah.**


• Clifford Kraus in the New York Times tries to explain why unrest in Libya, which produces only 2% of the world's oil, has cause oil prices to spike $9 in three days. Kraus blames the quality of the light sweet crude that Libya produces; notably, there are no reliable figures on the amount of oil actually shut-in currently.


• Speaking of Libya, Qaddafi has reportedly lost control of more cities to protesters who are now well armed and raising the pre-revolution banner. 


• In the shadow of the Arab world's 1848, fighting has restarted in Ivory Coast.