David Shribman – Plenty of people are driving cars they don’t want or, worse still, living in homes they can’t afford. That’s a natural part of a consumer society, especially during a recession. But this fall we may witness a mass example of buyers’ re…

The Christian Science Monitor – This Labor Day weekend, the jobs outlook appears about as inviting as leftover potato salad. But President Obama found encouragement Friday in the jobs report for August.

The Week – All signs point to big Republican gains in November, enabling the GOP to implement its agenda. But what agenda is that?

The Christian Science Monitor – In June, a Charleston businessman named Tim Scott won the Republican nomination for South Carolina’s First Congressional District, defeating Paul Thurmond, the son of state political legend Strom Thurmond, with nearly 70…

The Atlantic Wire – Citing a Pew Research Poll, The New York Times’ Kirk Johnson surmises
that college students, who once swooned for President Obama, are now
beginning to distance themselves from the Democratic Party. The “college
vote,” which trad…

The Atlantic Wire – Stagnant Jobs Reports Says It All, comments The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein, reviewing numbers released today. “No wonder the White House is looking for further stimulus measures.”

The Atlantic Wire – John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the UN under George W. Bush, was asked on Fox News Wednesday whether he would seek the GOP nomination for president in 2012. Bolton replied, “I’m not saying no.” On MSNBC last night, Chris …

The Week – With increasing numbers of moderate Democrats balking, Obama’s plan to let tax cuts for the rich expire hits a serious snag

The Week – Nobody’s sure what Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are planning for their Sept. 11 joint appearance in Alaska. But the pundits are sure busy guessing

The Atlantic Wire – Eric Felten on the Proliferation of ‘Annoying’ License Agreements The curious case of Craig Smallwood,
a video-game aficionado who was marginally successful in suing a game maker after alleging that their product caused him “emot…

The Atlantic Wire – A 2012 presidential campaign ad is out–and it’s for Hillary Clinton, funded by a dentist from Chicago. Though, as The Washington Post’s Emi Kolawole
points out, “this could make for awkward chatter at the White House,”
the blogosph…

The Atlantic Wire – Thursday’s explosion and fire
on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has reignited the
dread–shared by environmentalists, oil industry officials, Gulf coast
residents, and Washington lawmakers alike–over the months-long oil
…

Michelle Malkin – To mark Labor Day 2010, President Obama will join hands with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in Milwaukee and pose as champions of the working class. Bad move. Trumka’s organizing record is a shameful reminder of the union movement’s…

Ann Coulter – The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist.

Georgie Anne Geyer – WASHINGTON — You have to wonder exactly what you’re supposed to say in a week like this one, as President Obama officially declared the end to the U.S. war in Iraq and most Americans breathed a tempered sigh of relief.

The Christian Science Monitor – The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a misnomer. The real political chasm actually runs down the middle of both societies, dividing them into separate camps of conflict and peace.

The Week – President Obama reportedly is considering a second stimulus depending more heavily on tax cuts than the first. Will that save the economic recovery?

The Atlantic Wire – Christina Romer, one of President Obama’s top economic advisers, gave a
dispiriting speech on the economy Wednesday at the National Press Club.
Romer is leaving the administration this month and in her farewell
remarks she cast d…

The Atlantic Wire – A number of liberal writers are condemning American Taliban,
the just-released book by prominent liberal blogger and political
organizer Markos Moulitsas. Moulitsas, also known as Kos and the chief
of prominent website Daily Kos,…

The Week – In Vanity Fair’s new issue, Michael J. Gross takes a hard look at Palin’s “surreal new world.” Here are some of his must-read revelations