links for 2007-08-21 Charles Mann: 1491 Timothy M. Lenton: Tipping points in the Earth system Craig Torres is an idiot: "Bernanke's 'Rookie Mistake' Forces Fed to Shift Focus to Market" Felix Salmon: Beware of Consultants Bearing Data Kohn and Dynan: Heavy Debt Loads Put Household Spending At Risk The War as We Saw It Chris Collins: McClatchy: U.S. says Iranians train Iraqi insurgents Charles Lindblom: The Market as Prison Joshua Micah Marshall: Annals of Reporting Barber: Jihad vs. McWorld William Langewiesche: The Turn
