DAILY READS

• College Football Season Kickoff
• China’s Credit Rater Downgrades US
• Democrats Losing Youth Vote
• Apple’s Cool New Stuff
• Hamas Looks to Blow Up Peace Talks
• Christina Romer = Epic Fail
• The Unpopularity Contest
• Summer of Economic Discontent
• Drinking Does a Body Good
• BP’s Uncharitable Ways

MARKETS & POLICY

• Does Obama Have Any Answer for Unemployment?
• Critiquing Newt Gingrich’s Economic Policy
• The Troubles that Rich People Have
• Bernanke and Words that Speak Louder than Action
• Did You Enjoy Recovery Summer?
• Bill Gross and Mortgage Rates
• How Obama Crushes the Economy
• A Proposal for Paul Krugman
• Why Not Protectionism?
• Joblessness, Urban Policy and the War on Work

The WHIP

• American Taliban vs. Liberal Fascism: No Comparison
• Barack Obama is Losing Time
• If Sarah Palin Runs in 2012, Who Benefits?
• Bi-Party Charlie Crist, Has Stiff Support of the Porn Industry
• Welcome to Obama’s Oval Office
• Glenn Beck and Public Life
• Glenn W. Smith Thinks the Right is Suppressing Votes in Houston
• Silly Season Forever
• The Tea Parties, Race, and the New York Times
• Why New Jersey’s Education Snafu Could be a Blessing in Disguise

HEGEMON

• The Return of Tony Blair
• The Greatest Collection of Nightmares on Earth
• A Forgettable Speech
• Tony Judt and Israel
• North Korea and South Africa: A Study in Hypocrisy
• Noa Tishby and the World
• Lee Smith and the Clash of Arab Civilizations
• The Cliches of Civilizations
• Wikileaks: North Korea Sold Missiles to Al Qaeda, Which Used Them to Kill Americans in Afghanistan
• Max Blumenthal’s World

CHEQUER BOARD

• The Non-Music Man
• How Jane Mayer Screwed the Pooch in Reporting on the Kochs
• On Bad Blog Post Titles
• On Chris Christie’s Endorsement of Mike Castle
• So Much For “Recovery Summer”
• Belated Commentary on the President’s Oval Office Speech
• Jeff Foxworthy Might Say That You Might Be An Unpopular President . . .
• Are the Tea Parties Racist?
• No Media Bias Problems To See Here, Move Along . . .
• “The Most Ethical Congress in History”