Must Reads

Chez Pazienza: A Debt if Attitude

Joshua Holland: The Utterly Wrong Beltway Myth Driving the Debt Ceiling Insanity

Robert Brockway: 5 Amazing Abandoned Wastelands ... Within Walking Distance

Eric Boehlert: Peggy Noonan Loses It

Deaniac83: John Conyers Owes the President an Apology

Steven D at BooMan Tribune: Juan Williams: Hannity Dishonest on Debt Ceiling

Alec Baldwin: It's Time To Suck It Up And Pay Our Bill

The Rude Pundit: We Lose Because We Don't Just Lie Like The Right Does

ADDED: Paul Begala: How Republicans Screwed the Pooch

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Chris Kelly: Sarah Palin Wins

Rude Pundit: Umm, Townhall Protesters? Jefferson Was Actually Talking About Your Blood, Too

Robert Scheer: Letting the Banking Rats Out of the Bag

Linda Bergthold: Town Halls: Don't Confuse Me with the Facts, My Mind Is Made Up

Joshua Holland: 10 Awesome Things That Would Happen If Health Reform Passes

Dan Froomkin: The Truth Will Out

Bob Herbert: Hard To Believe!

Robert Parry: Olbermann-O'Reilly 'Truce' Frays

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BooMan: Diagnosing the Threat from the Right

"Dr. Leo Strauss": Why Democrats, Obama And Liberals Deserve Obliteration?

Rick Perlstein: In America, Crazy Is a Preexisting Condition - Birthers, Town Hall Hecklers and the Return of Right-Wing Rage