Walking Wounded
Myanmar's government raises estimates of the death toll to over 22,000 following this weekend's cyclone. [ Reuters ]
The U.S. needs more troops in Afghanistan, but they're all tied up in Iraq, and none of our allies will help. [ Wall Street Journal ]
American presidential candidates have a long, proud history of unsuccessfully mimicking the rubes whose votes they need. [ Washington Post ]
Indiana politicians are particularly craven in their endorsements this year, because it might affect their own political futures in the fall. [ Los Angeles Times ]
Now that every other major mortgage backer has failed, it is time for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to go bust. [ New York Times ]
Harry Reid is talking like a Clinton voter, even though he has remained officially unaligned. [ The Hill ]