A morning without caffeine plus slow news day equals a lethargic blogger. But I’ve scraped up a few tasty reading morsels:

* Chris Mooney reports on research showing “Inhofication” of climate change deniers, who increasingly embrace conspiracy theories.

* Sarah Posner examines new, scary breed of evangelical conservatives aligned with Ron Paul.

* Politico‘s David Rogers analyzes complex intra-Republican war over–and on–food stamps as part of farm bill rewrite.

* Mitt drops John Roberts from his list of Justices who serve as models for his future Supreme picks.

* William Kristol blasts Mitt’s “monomaniacal” message of talking “about” the economy, compares his campaign to Dukakis’ and Kerry’s.

And in non-political news:

* San Diego July 4th fireworks show ended after 15 seconds when entire arsenal exploded at once. Colorful, I bet.

Back in a while after cold shower to awaken nerve endings.

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Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York Magazine; a longtime contributor to the Washington Monthly; and a former policy adviser to three governors and a U.S. senator from his home state of Georgia.