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Supreme Court Justice John Roberts tosses belated barb at Obama for attacking SCOTUS at SOTU. Israel announces new settlements in East Jerusalem, upstaging Vice President Biden’s meeting with Palestinian leaders

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Reason Morning Links: Roberts Scolds Obama, Israel Disses Biden, Mukasey Slams (Liz) Cheney

In Kentucky, a state legislator lays it on the line with a clarity that is stunning.

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All Politics is Local or, I Won’t Take “Free” Money if You Don’t Take “Free” Revenue

“We allow the insurance industry to run wild in this country,” President Obama declared on Monday. “We can’t have a system that works better for the insurance companies than it does for the American people.” Despite this rhetoric, Senior Editor Jacob Sullum argues, Obama’s plan to tame health insurers would boost their business, protect them from competition, and guarantee their profits, all at the expense of consumers and taxpayers

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New at Reason: Jacob Sullum on Obama’s Fake Fight With Insurers

Nancy Pelosi may be convinced that we have to pass health care reform in order to find out what’s in it, but if it passes, there’s at least one provision we can already count on: an individual mandate to buy health insurance. Polling shows that this requirement is one of the bill’s least popular features, so it’s not exactly surprising to find that states are taking action to allow individuals to bypass such requirements. More than 30 states are considering such laws, and a ban on mandatory insurance has already passed in the Virginia Senate .

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Can States Say “No Thanks” to ObamaCare’s Health Insurance Mandate?

A front-page story in USA Today highlights the “growing popular acceptance of marijuana,” as reflected in polls, ballot initiatives, and legislation.

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USA Today Notes ‘Growing Popular Acceptance’ of Pot

This is a chunk of text from Bill A10129 , introduced on Friday in the New York state assembly, which “Prohibits the use of salt by restaurants in the preparation of food by restaurants.” Naturally, the penalties for the use of salt while cooking food are totally proportionate and reasonable: $1,000 a pinch? $1,000 a grain? If the bill passes—which we can only hope it won’t, since it is the ravings of a madman in legislative form—it looks like the folks at most-expensive.net are going to have to revisit their entry on the world’s most expensive salt .

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$1,000 Salt Coming to New York Restaurants?

On one side, me, on the other side, one of the most pro-labor opinion journalists in the business, the self-described ” Democratic socialist ” Harold Meyerson (read Reason on Meyerson here ). The segment, lasting a half-hour, is called ” Labor Love–Lost

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Listen to Matt Welch Debate Harold Meyerson About Unions on KCRW’s “Politics of Culture” Program Today at 2:30 California Time

The Cayman Island Sea Turtle Farm was established by entrepreneur and libertarian hero Antony Fisher in 1968. Unfortunately, the farm went bankrupt when the trade in sea turtle products was banned internationally. Now a government-owned corporation, the farm is a huge tourist attraction supplying turtle meat to the local market; it also releases thousands of turtles into the wild.

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New at Reason: Ronald Bailey on the Deliciousness of Sea Turtle Steak

Reason Contributing Editor Tim Cavanaugh will appear on Neil Cavuto’s Fox Business News show today to discuss the fiscal crisis in Greece and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou’s financial life coaching session with President Obama. Starting at 6pm EST on Fox Business Channel

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Reason Around Town: Tim Cavanaugh Goes Greek With the Number One Name In Business…Cavuto! 6pm EST on FBN