- The story of the unraveling of A.Q. Khan's nuclear black market is long, complicated, and probably very interesting, if you're not suffering from jet lag and altitude sickness. [New York Times]
- Our under-resourced but ever-vigilant FBI saw the mortgage crisis coming as early as 2004, but prescient agents were told to concentrate on fighting terrorism instead. [Los Angeles Times]
- At the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama must heal the wounds of a fractured party, blah blah blah. [Washington Post]
- Picking Joe Biden as his running mate did not endear Obama to some Clinton supporters. [Washington Post]
- Democrats showed their deep commitment to pandering to People of Faith by holding some sort of interfaith love-in on Sunday. [The Hill]
- Also kicking off the convention: a "suspicious package," which was detonated without incident at 3 o'clock this morning. [Denver Post]
