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Swampland

Air Pelosi? Uh, not so much...

There was much tut-tutting over Judicial Watch's allegation earlier this week that Nancy Pelosi "treats the Air Force like her personal airline." Read more

Real Clear Politics

Bill's New Friend

R. Emmett Tyrell, founder of the Scaife-funded American Spectator Magazine that published the original "Troopergate" story about Bill Clinton and generally hounded his administration with loathing at every turn, is now wishing Bubba was back. Read more

World

The Middle East Blog

Back in Beirut

Just in case you missed these articles on other parts of the TIME website, here are a few of the things I've been working on while away. Read more

The China Blog

U.S.-China Naval Scuffle: Relax, Everything is Fine. Or Is It?

Given that the U.S. Navy ship likely was doing some sort of submarine tracking and the Chinese find this unacceptable, it is, in fact, highly likely this will happen again. Read more

Business & Technology

The Curious Capitalist

The real credit card problem: It's not bad loans so much as bad lenders

For a long timeever since the subprime mortgage market fell apart in 2007people have been warning that credit cards were going to be "the next subprime." Read more

Nerd World

Kutiman: The Blog Post at the End of the Universe

I claim the honor of being the very last blog in the universe to link to this Jonathan Coulton post about this YouTube mashup artist. Read more

Entertainment

Tuned In

Ricky Gervais and Elmo: Who's Funnier? Who's Softer?

Someone has probably already sent you this link, but it's late in the day and it's still funny. Read more

Looking Around

The National Academy: We Promise to Sin No More

The New York museum, more or less blacklisted by the American museum establishment, is trying to mend fences. Read more

Paris

Shopping for Children's Clothes in Paris

Paris is a great place to shop for children's clothes. There are tons of intereseting little shops in the 7th arrondissement. Read more

Photos

White House Photo Blog

(L to R) U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen read their programs during a dedication ceremony of Abraham Lincoln Hall at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. View more

One of the personal tolls for me of this administration is that I've come to be so suspicious of anything religious....What the Bush administration has done to the perceptions and acceptance of science is unconscionable, but they haven't done Christianity any big favors either."

• - Posted by Kathy on Swampland in response to Karen Tumulty's post on "Underplayed Story of the Day"