Photo by RichSeattle, used with permission If thinking about your credit card bill makes your head hurt, you should probably read a few of these articles. Right now. Or else they'll get 20% longer by next month. Frank Rich shares his thoughts on John McCain's economic incoherence, declaring that "The McCain-Gramm bond, dating back 15 years, is more scandalous than Mr. Obama’s connection with his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright." In the midst of......

Photo by RichSeattle, used with permission The Bush administration has turned Woodrow Wilson's "community of nations" idea on its head by setting up terrorists as a threat to our power rather than to humanity in general. Obama needs stress the need to restore collective security. [World Affairs Journal] What do the humanities really do for us? Among other things, they provide contextualization of our knowledge, which can serve as a corrective in some situations.......

Photo by RichSeattle, used with permission In addition to our daily bite size news, which keeps you up to date on things that happen in the area and around the world, we're adding a weekly link roundup of meatier articles--some Boston-related, some not. We hope this helps give you some interesting reading for the weekend--since we know you have so much free time for that. A Suffolk econ professor conducted a study on sweatshops......