Needlenose: Lessons on the surge from economics 101

First Draft: Actual, for reals, good news

Horses Mouth: Let's compare the press coverage of John Kerry's troop joke with that of John Boehner's boneheaded gaffe

Kevin Drum: A British study indicates 1.2 million Iraqis have died violent deaths in the past four years. Meanwhile thousands of returning American soldiers are suffering from traumatic brain injury...and the problem is getting worse

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