The Day Ahead: November 17

Today on the main site:

• Major Hasan —  A True Believer, by William Tucker

• Political Phalanxes, by J.T. Young

• Europe as Weltmacht, by Doug Bandow

• Madoff Madness, by Jackie Mason with Raoul Felder

• Two Weddings and a Demerol, by Jeremy Lott

• Plus more…

What to watch for:

• Leonid meteor shower this morning

• Today is the 20th anniversary of the end of communism for Slovakia. 

• Sarah Palin’s book is out today.

• Shaniya Davis’s body is found.

•   The suspect might be a 60 year old man with a blue Toyota.

• President of Chicago Board of Education kills himself.

• UN: Climate Deal can fight global hunger.

• Abkhazia switches to Russian dialing code.

Monday’s best: