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• GMAC is the winner of the bowl season with its raids on the Treasury (Washington Post)

• If regulations didn't stop Madoff this time, when would they work? (Reason)

• Calling Obama "Mr. Tumnus" is a bit much, but yes Chicago wins this round (Chicago Tribune)

• Bias often means self-deception, and being well-informed doesn't help (Ezra Klein)

• The stimulus is like the Battle of the Somme, with technocrats sending the economy "over the top" (EconLog)

• Father of Sabermetrics Bill James takes to the pages of Slate to crusade against the BCS