The Mahatma X Files: Nationalists, who are practically the whole intellectual class of a country, not only do not disapprove of the crimes of their own state, but have the remarkable capacity not even to see them.

Economist's View: Sometimes we do have a better press corps

Scott Horton: We will be able to sleep more soundly tonight knowing that a serious criminal has been apprehended

Kevin Drum: Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the report on the Troopergate imbroglio is learning how shockingly amateurish the Palin administration is. 

Jon Swift: In defense of angry angry mobs

It's sex sex sex at The Opinion Mill's Weekend Bookchat! Just as wingers can diagnose brain-damaged patients from hundreds of miles away, they can review books before they've even been published! Looks like conservative hack Hugh Hewitt got a little ahead oh himself on a book proposal! Looks like a hissy fit at Red State is spurring increased sales for a handbook of . . . computer advice? And say hello to the first presidential candidate in a long time whose books can be compared with the works of one of America's greatest authors!