friday reads

Minnestoa Senate race: Colman leads by a mear 5 votes but Frankin is projected to win by 89.Frankin by 96 278!. The Flying Spaghetti Monster as a write in candidate on one of the challened ballots. Live coverage at The Up Take.


A.C. Thompson: Katrina's Hidden Race War


Psychiatrists Revise the Book of Human Troubles


Paul Krugman: The Madoff Economy


Idolator interviews an "anonimous" freelance music writer. Robert Christgau has a few observations.


‘Incompetent’ is the top word that Americans associate with Preznit bu$h.