A deadly fungus spreads in North America. Fortunately, freezing weather kills it, but it has a disturbingly high mortality rate.

The debt crisis in Greece worsens.

An experimental U.S. Air Force space vehicle is launched, leading to much speculation about its purpose. I love reading the comments at the bottom of these types of articles, as it reveals the thinking of so many of the deluded people in the world. I often wonder if it might not have been better to leave Western Europe in Stalin's hands.

President Obama faces some interesting choices as the military presents him with the possibility of a new, very powerful, intercontinental conventional warhead. It seems the Russians don't like it much, even though it seems it would be more useful against folks like the Iranians or North Koreans. Ironically, Obama's own passionate dislike of nuclear weapons could feed his enthusiasm for the program.

David Brooks is feeling a bit low as he contemplates the resurrection of the conflict over the size of government in this country. Sorry, David, but you folks in the middle of the road are bound to get run over.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. writes about the fact that it was Africans who captured and sold the majority of African slaves to the European slave traders who eventually transported them to the New World. This makes the complex idea of reparations even more complex. Gates is optimistic that a man with Obama's unique background is better suited to push the issue forward. I just don't see it, and I think Obama is smart enough to know that it is a political loser as an issue.

A new poll shows some evidence for a restoration of Republicans to New Hampshire's two Congressional seats. If this does turn out to be a "wave" election, with the GOP doing very well across the country, I would be surprised if New Hampshire was not part of that trend.