- 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



