memeorandum: Bottom-Up Climate Fix (Daniel C. Esty/New York Times)

Daniel C. Esty / New York Times:

Bottom-Up Climate Fix — NEW HAVEN — WORLD leaders are at the United Nations this week, at the invitation of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, to “champion an ambitious vision anchored in action that will enable a meaningful global agreement” on climate change next year.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

John Fund / National Review:

The Crumbling Climate-Change Consensus — Extremists' rhetoric heats up as their case falls apart. — Protesters at the People's Climate March in New York City, September 21. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images) — The United Nations Climate Summit will begin in New York this Tuesday, but environmental activists didn't wait.

Discussion: Betsy's Page

Lisa W. Foderaro / New York Times:
Taking a Call for Climate Change to the Streets

Discussion: The Week, New Yorker, The Mahablog, The PJ Tatler, Hullabaloo and Power Line

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Those Lazy Jobless — Last week John Boehner, the speaker of the House, explained to an audience at the American Enterprise Institute what's holding back employment in America: laziness. People, he said, have “this idea” that “I really don't have to work. I don't really want to do this.

Discussion: Prairie Weather and Little Green Footballs

Lillian Schrock / Casper Star-Tribune:

Goshen County buys grenade launcher — OFFICIALS WOULD USE WEAPONS IN RIOTS, HOSTAGE SITUATIONS — Three grenade launchers have been moved in and out of the Goshen County Sheriff's Office in the past 65 years. — Yet not one of the weapons has been used by the county's deputies.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Associated Press

Juan Williams / The Hill:

Obama's October Surprise — Get ready for bombs bursting in air and this election's October Surprise - President Obama's air strikes to “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIS. — Last week a Fox News poll identified a phenomenon that my friend, pollster Dana Blanton, dubbed “The ISIS effect.”

Arizona Republic:

Vile ad bounces off McSally, sticks to Gabby Giffords — Our View: Gabby Giffords never resorted to the squalid campaigning this ad represents. So, why is her group? — CONNECT — Do you know what you're doing? — That's our question to the Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC …

Discussion: Politico and Balloon Juice

The Hill:

Obama takes anti-ISIS pitch to UN — After a weeklong effort to convince skeptical lawmakers of his strategy for fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), President Obama is now taking his sales pitch to the United Nations. — It will be a high-stakes test for the president …

Discussion: Politico

New York Times:
Can Adversaries Become Allies to Fight ISIS?

Discussion: Daily Kos

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

Chuck Todd Splits US Into ‘Starbucks Nation’ And ‘Chick-Fil-A Country’ (VIDEO) — “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd on Sunday described the 2014 midterm elections as a battle between “Starbucks nation” and “Chick-Fil-A country.” — He split the U.S. into the Democratic urban areas …

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, his vorpal sword and Hullabaloo

CNN:

ISIS war rollout resembles launch of Obamacare site — Syrian civil war in 2014 … (CNN) — Someone in the Obama White House clearly has a good book to write one day: “How Not to Do Rollouts.” — With one hapless episode after another, the rollout of the President's plan to destroy ISIS …

Discussion: New York Times

Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:

The Fight of Their Lives — The White House wants the Kurds to help save Iraq from ISIS. The Kurds may be more interested in breaking away.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Heidi Moore / Guardian:

Why is Thomas Piketty's 700-page book a bestseller? — Thomas Piketty is a French economist whose Capital in the Twenty-First Century has swept American discourse. Four experts - Brad DeLong, Tyler Cowen, Stephanie Kelton and Emanuel Derman - take on why that is

Discussion: BuzzFeed

Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:

Landrieu helps out with keg stand — Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) was spotted helping a man do a keg stand at a Louisiana State University tailgating event on Saturday. — A photo from the event appears to show Landrieu—one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents this year …

Discussion: Politico, Washington Free Beacon and MichelleMalkin.com

New York Times:

Child Pornography Case Spurs Debate on Military's Role in Law Enforcement — In a field office near Brunswick, Ga., a federal agent working as an undercover cybersleuth signed on to a large file-sharing network sometimes used by traders in child pornography.