· When did Jeff Gannon stop beating his wife? Sidney Blumenthal comments on Gannon and an independent media. [Salon]

· "'Please?' Tucker gazed at him with that innocent, wide-eyed expression he always got when he wanted something very, very badly. Paul felt his resistance crumble." Indeed: it's Tucker Carlson homoerotic slash fiction! [Tucker Abuse LJ]

· Flowers for Peggy Noonan. The whole world's gone soft on us. [Winds of Change]

· Is it just us, or does Matthew Cooper sound a little bitter that Judith Miller is the one getting all the attention? Especially given that, you know, he didn't write a bunch of crappy Iraq stories? [WaPo]

· What's the difference between journalists and politicians on financial disclosures? Journalists don't pass laws... yet. Just you wait. [Soundbitten]

· In case you missed it: law professor Susan Estrich's battle with LA Times opinion editor Michael Kinsley and his almost entirely all-male opinion page. [Washington Examiner]

· Coincidence? Step one: Vatican denounces prescription drugs. Step two: Vatican begins teaching exorcisms. Step Three:??? Step Four: PROFIT! [AP, AP]