Afternoon Arugula

Kinsley on what Palin seems to mean by "fiscal conservative."

Dissecting the Palin expense report file.

Klein looks at inequality and voting responding to Frum’s NYTimes Mag piece and wonders if the international community will be put off by the McCain camp’s saber rattling.

Palin’s friends hedge on endorsements.

And Bob Herbert joins our crusade to take back the word “liberal!” I read this column while dipping my afternoon arugula in a grande latte, but I spilled some on myself, because I had to swerve to avoid hitting a small woodland creature with my used Volvo that runs on good feelings for poor people.

David Plotz has nailed something scary, but true.