Matt Ridley: By the Book

In the New York Times Book Review:

Disappointing, overrated, just not good: What book did you feel you were supposed to like and didn’t?

Easy. The Bible. Not even the fine translations of William Tyndale, largely adopted by King James’s committee without sufficient acknowledgment, can conceal the grim tedium of this messy compilation of second-rate tribal legends and outrageous bigotry.

The United States: A Christian nation?

Chart of the Day: The deficit under Obama

Thanks to the Daily Kos.

Robert Reich explains what the deficit means.