What happened on August 24, 2008
NEWS
From Our Blogs Geoff Boucher; Tony Barboza; Randy Harvey
Is Obama overshooting? Mark Halperin, Mark Halperin is an editor at large and senior political analyst for Time magazine and the editor of The Page on time.com.
Competitive edginess Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.
Taking Facebook to the next level Bradley W. Bloch, Bradley W. Bloch is a New York-based entrepreneur leading the development of a new system that will map the social networks of people in the news.
The next president will disappoint you Andrew J. Bacevich, Andrew J. Bacevich, a professor of history and international relations at Boston University, is the author of the new book "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism."
Admitted but broke Zoe Mendelson, Zoe Mendelson is one of the authors of "Red: The Next Generation of American Writers -- Teenage Girls -- on What Fires Up Their Lives Today" and a blogger at redthebook.com.
ENTERTAINMENT
'Bonjour, Odile' Catherine Hein, Special to The Times
A hallucinogenic, homicidal tale Adam Langer, Adam Langer is the author of the novels "Crossing California," "The Washington Story" and, most recently, "Ellington Boulevard."
Enough to keep you up at night Jane Smiley, Jane Smiley's latest novel, "Ten Days in the Hills," has been published in paperback.
Hard road Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writer