Columbia Journal, NPR

1. Grateful to God and all who help me
2. Grateful to Sacha's article in CJR
3. Grateful to NPR and Terry Gross and Fresh Air

http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/casus_belli_by_proxy.php

Columbia Journalism Review is running Sacha's piece on Casus Belli By Proxy about the Georgian-Russian conflict.

McCain and Obama are taking different approaches on this. McCain is emphasizing that we will step in militarily if needed. Obama is saying there must be a way to stop this war through negotiations and a coalition approach.

Fresh Air's story on journalist David Carr was called checks his own story. David has a lot of ups and downs in his life and is now working with NY Times. The Night of the Gun is his new book.

Fresh Air's story on Zack Hample and his new book on baseball covered items such as why baseball players spit so much. Spitting is part of baseball's culture is part of Hample's answer. He says another part is that there is a lot of waiting in baseball.