I WOKE up the other morning to find that I would have to confront yet another headache-inducing attempt to phase-shift my perception of reality, and that this would require wading into historical accounts of the collection and homogenisation of... Full Article at Economist

A friend of mine from Virgina forwarded an email to me today from the NRCC. It started like this: After the spending spree the Democrats have gone on in 2009, you better believe there will be a backlash in 2010. Full Article at Beltway Blips

That's the title of Kevin Drum's latest post. Obviously the answer is "no"--it's a long way to 2010. Full Article at The Atlantic

The other day, Kevin Drum asked a question that a bunch of bloggers have taken a shot at: Why did so much money flow into housing? "Why didn't it flow into productive investments instead? Full Article at The Atlantic

Four times as many as death threats for Bush? More? Full Article at The Moderate Voice

No one said saving the environment would be pretty, but suburban homeowners associations are blocking solar panel installations because they think they’re ugly, according to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times and MSNBC.com. Full Article at Mother Jones