- Bye Bye Blackberry: Forbes magazine takes a look at the dwindling fortunes of Research In Motion (RIM), the company responsible for giving the world the Blackberry smartphone. (Forbes)
- Don't Just Pressure ALEC's Sponsors, Name and Shame ALEC Legislators: Hot on the heels of Kraft, Coke and Pepsi pulling their membership from the right-wing mess that is the American Legislative Exchange Council, John Nichols of the Nation Magazine calls on individuals to pressure legislators with ties to ALEC. Guess how many Kentucky has? (The Nation)
- Derbyshire canned: "Mild and tolerant racist" John Derbyshire of the National Review magazine has officially been fired for his now infamous racist tirade in that magazine, an article in which he cautioned his children to avoid large concentrations of "blacks" and stay away from public places on days where said locations are likely to attract a large number of "blacks." Disgusting. (The Atlantic)
- Seymour Hersh on getting scooped by Mike Wallace (The New Yorker)
- Truthout also remembers the irascible newsman Mike Wallace (Truthout)
