Obama’s constant deference to McCain as in “John is right…”; the worried side-looks over at McCain, who, in contrast, addressed the audience; and the desire for false intimacy (employing “John” instead of “Sen. McCain”) reflected the relative lack of gravitas on Obama’s part—something that transcends education, eloquence, and youthful vigor...

Some say environmentalism is the new religion, "green" the new god...

Canada 2020 and Financial Times co-host conference on the U.S. economic crisis...

Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan co-signed a letter calling for lawmakers to take action to relieve the financial crisis. Greenspan, along with former Treasury Secretary George Shultz and Robert Hall of the Hoover Institution, declined to back a specific plan, instead saying, “We endorse all plans that would preserve the key functions of the threatened financial institutions.” Full text of the letter follows:...