Hey, look! It's the Pope! Start your "Embarrassing State Visit Behavior" stopwatches now.

In March 2008, home foreclosures increased 57 percent from levels in March 2007.

You don't see this every day — the Royal Canadian Mounted Police executed a raid and search warrant at the headquarters of Canada's Conservative Party in Ottawa. And they won't say why. Which means someone may have been very bad. Maybe I just like the idea of Mounties breaking up political corruption.

I have said from time to time that Democrats are ahead and winning on every single issue, even in Texas. BOR's Phillip Martin agrees, and does a good job of breaking down why the major issues in Texas politics this year are a losing proposition for Republicans. Phillip also points out that focusing on Tom Craddick is less than ideal - the goal is not just to oust Craddick but to win the House and pursue good government, too.

The other day we bought coffee. It had gone up in price over 25% in just around one month. Bread is more expensive, as are dairy products. We don't feel it as acutely here as they do in other places around the world, not yet anyways. Food prices are skyrocketing everywhere for many reasons. Paul Krugman says the food crisis is here and looks at how it happened.

Something very disturbing is happening at your pharmacy.

Apparently not having a job is not motivation enough to find a job, and the answer is private bank accounts.

The only question is where to get all the trucks for hauling the money in: the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has $44.3 million on hand, ready to go, and is also carrying no debt. And what does the NRCC, the Republican counterpart, have? A federal investigation!

FCC investigation requests, coming at you live and direct from the DNC. The public financing in-and-out may cause serious trouble for McCain in the near future.

High-powered companies may not want to hire you if you come with a little bit of baggage. Alberto Gonzales comes with quite a bit of luggage, and the New York Times examined his free market excursions and disappointments since leaving the Bush administration last year. It may be time to write a book.