The Good Times Won't End
Some legal scholars would like to see America's free speech protections made a little less free. [ New York Times ]
The two presidential candidates get no love from their fellow legislators: Hispanic Democrats are still smarting over Clinton's loss to Obama, while at least 14 Republican members of Congress are all, "John McWho?" [ The Hill/ The Hill ]
Barack Obama's VP search committee leader, Jim Johnson, had to quit after it turned out he got a bunch of questionable loans from Countrywide. Who would have imagined that would be a problem when people have so much love for the corporate fat cats in general and the mortage crooks in particular? [ Washington Post/ Wall Street Journal ]
Tornadoes hit the Midwest yesterday evening, killing four people at a Boy Scout camp in Iowa, and at least two others in the region. [ Reuters ]
The situation in Zimbabwe just gets sadder and worse. [ New York Times ]