--Josh Green asks if George W. Bush doomed Mark McGwire
--Chris Orr's hilarious summary of the year in American film
--The Wall Street Journal looks at which occupations have lost the most jobs. Record stores rank high.
--Jeffrey Goldberg, following up on Abbas Milani, takes apart the Leveretts' unconvincing defense of going soft on the Iranian hardliners
--Noam likes his NBA stars armed and dangerous