U.S.

Swampland

McCain Stepping Back From the Brink

This election is going to end ugly. But let's hope it's the kind of ugly that democracies like ours are able to handle in stride, the kind where candidates fight fiercely for their teams, without forgetting the basic respect that unites us all. Read more

Real Clear Politics

Interns Wanted

Immediate internship opportunities at RealClearPolitics and RealClearMarkets. Read more

World

The Middle East Blog

The War Over Hummus

A Lebanese industrialist wants to sue Israel for supposedly stealing its cuisine. Could the next Mideast war erupt over hummus? Read more

The China Blog

Saga of the Guantanamo Uighurs, Continued

The release of 17 Chinese who have been held in Guantanamo since after 9/11 has been blocked by a federal appeals court. Read more

Business & Technology

The Curious Capitalist

Another Market Plunge: Only 12 More Days to Zero

The Dow was down another 679 points today. Twelve more days like that and it hits zero Read more

Work in Progress

The Economic Crisis Is Keeping Me Up...

A new survey from BettyConfidential.com finds that 18% of women are so stressed out by all the news of a global economic meltdown that they're experiencing insomnia. Read more

Nerd World

Yesterday I Saw 26 Minutes of Watchmen

Director Zack Snyder is doing a kind of traveling road show, screening clips from Watchmen 'cross the nation. Read more

Entertainment

Tuned In

Obama TV: The Big Question

Why do it? What will he air in that half hour? A few half-baked theories, from a political non-expert: Read more

Looking Around

Chinese Take Out, Last Course

New Chinese artists are dealing with two upheavals at one time — the remembered calamities of the Maoist past and the ongoing turmoil of China today. Read more

Photos

White House Photo Blog

Secret Service agents accompany Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as they tour a previously flooded neighborhood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.View more

We are entering a new age in American history, and I'm so excited to be alive for it.

• - Posted by Steven Van Haren on Curious Capitalist in response to Justin Fox's "Treasury prepares for a TARP-and-switch. And it's a good thing, too"