- David Dayen writes that a new enforcement order from federal regulators will leave it up to banks to monitor for themselves how they process mortgages.
- Veronica Beebe shows how Donald Rumsfeld is using public support for popular uprisings in the Middle East to make the case for Bush's intervention in Iraq.
- Adam Serwer explains how HBO's new show Game of Thrones goes beyond the black and white of good versus evil and delves into the gray.
