Warren Buffett: Thanks, Uncle Sam

Pretty Good for Government Work - The New York Times

What Would Hegel Do?

Hegel on Wall Street - The New York Times

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true?

This piece has a lot to say, I think, about the fundamental disconnect between our humanity and what the System too often demands of us.

The Promise - Joe Blogs

Obama has a huge opening — should he take it

Barack Obama, Phone Home - The New York Time

Speaking of who's wrong...

Government Motors No More - The Economist

The problem is that democracy requires an informed electorate

Americans Against Themselves - The New York Review of Books

In their determination to punish the undeserving, voters are punishing themselves

Mugged by the Moralizers - The New York Times

What the right gets wrong

Every American (fuzzy-thinking Tea Partiers in particular) should read this. Twice.

When Tea Party Wants to Go Back, Where Is It To? - Washington Post

In all fairness, here's what the Dems AND the right get wrong:
What Happened to Change We Can Believe In? - The New York Times

Maybe the party's new motto should be "Democrats: The Lesser Evil."

LATE ADDITION: Our Banana Republic - The New York Times

Elections are not commodities

Voters Are in the Dark on Campaign Spending - Washington Post

It's the Republicans, stupid

Recession Election - The New Yorker

In your guts, you know they're nuts

Surprise! Beck's "history teachers" were also, shall we say, sanity- challenged.

Confounding Fathers - The New Yorker

The truth about health care

Health Care and the Campaign - The New York Times

All politicians vow to defend the average American -- until it actually comes to doing it

One-Note Tax Debate - The New York Times

Finally, a guy who says what people who aren’t thinking are thinking

Tears of a Clown - Christian Science Monitor

Glenn Beck Is Obsessed with Hitler and Woodrow Wilson. (I'm Just Saying.) - Washington Post

Conspiracy Theorists Find Validation from Glenn Beck - Washington Post

Being Glenn Beck - The New York Times Magazine

The key word is 'true'

America's True History of Religious Tolerance - The Smithsonian

What do Americans think of government? Apparently, they have no idea

Beyond the Tea Party: What Americans Really Think of Government - Washington Post

What do they really want?

Shadowy Players in a New Class War - Washington Post

Obama's big "spending spree"? Never happened

Hey, Small Spender - The New York Times

The most effective antipoverty program may need to begin before birth

At Risk From the Womb - The New York Times

The joke is on them -- and us

The Very Useful Idiocy of Christine O’Donnell - The New York Times

Tea and Crackers - Rolling Stone