Another Obama appointment drops out, but this one blames the "Israel lobby" on his way out the door.

Perhaps it is just another little footnote to mankind's oldest hatred.

Meanwhile, radical Muslims in Britain protest the return of British soldiers from their deployment in Afghanistan. I once believed in the phrase, "there will always be an England", but now I'm beginning to wonder.

Despite yesterday's big gain in the stock market, the economic crisis continues, which Tom Friedman in The New York Times writes about as a test for President Obama. He says it is August, 1914, December 8, 1941, September 12, 2001, meaning that we are in the midst of a historical crisis. Yet, President Obama hasn't yest grasped that fact. I hope he does so soon.

More on the lies, damned lies, and statistics in the President's budget.