A ‘coup’ in Honduras?  Nonsense.  —  Don't believe the myth.  The arrest of President Zelaya represents the triumph of the rule of law.  —  TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS -  —  Sometimes, the whole world prefers a lie to the truth.  The White House, the United Nations, the Organization of American States …

That '30s Show  —  O.K., Thursday's jobs report settles it.  We're going to need a bigger stimulus.  But does the president know that?  —  Let's do the math.  —  Since the recession began, the U.S. economy has lost 6 ½ million jobs — and as that grim employment report confirmed …

Court Filing Shows Evidence Cheney Swayed White House Response to CIA Leak  —  Discussions of CIA Agent Listed in Filing  —  A document filed in federal court this week by the Justice Department offers new evidence that former vice president Richard B. Cheney helped steer …

Obama, Party Tout Lower Figure for Health Reform  —  Senate Democrats and President Obama, trying to assuage fears about the cost of health reform, yesterday touted new estimates that put the price tag for one bill at $611 billion over the next decade.  —  But the measure drafted …

New Evidence on the Foreclosure Crisis  —  Zero money down, not subprime loans, led to the mortgage meltdown.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  What is really behind the mushrooming rate of mortgage foreclosures since 2007?  The evidence from a huge national database containing millions …

Report: U.S. to block Iran sanctions at G8 summit  —  The United States is opposed to enacting a new set of financial sanctions against Iran that are due to be discussed in the G8 summit next week, diplomatic officials in New York reported Friday.  —  According to officials, sanctions against Iran are expected to top the G8's agenda.

Al Franken, Policy Wonk  —  Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) welcomed her new colleague Al Franken to the Senate with a fairly rude remark: “It's important he go against the grain of his past career and really get to know the issues.”  As Jon Chait says: … I have met Franken, years ago …

Christian Left Mounts Political Campaigns  —  Randy Brinson, a conservative political consultant in Alabama, has been fielding anxious calls for weeks from business interests across the South.  —  Their concern is massive ad blitz on Christian and country-music stations across 10 states.

Smells like deflation  —  The grim jobs number wasn't the only scary thing in today's BLS report.  Here's the rate of wage change over the past three months, expressed as an annual rate: Bear in mind that inflation usually runs below the rate of wage change, thanks to productivity growth.

Seven banks fail, pushing 2009 tally to 52  —  Regulators close six Illinois banks and one Texas bank, setting the FDIC back a total of $314.3 million.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Seven banks were shut down by authorities Thursday, pushing the tally of failed banks for 2009 to 52, more than doubling the failures in 2008.

You Know The Real Reason Why Time Mag Is Going Down the Drain?  The Content!  —  For all the tears that get shed over the beginning of the middle of the end for Mr. Luce's mag and newsweeklies in general, one obvious explanation generally gets glossed over: They are mostly written …

NY City Apartment Sales Down More Than 50%  —  Manhattan apartment sales plunged more than 50 percent and the average price dropped 21.4 to 24 percent from a year ago, as the U.S. recession forced many who own a piece of the Big Apple to eat humble pie, several reports said.

Survivor still haunted by 1971 air crash  —  MUNICH, Germany (CNN) — Juliane Koepcke is not someone you'd expect to attract attention.  Plainly dressed and wearing prescription glasses, Koepcke sits behind her desk at the Zoological Center in Munich, Germany, where she's a librarian.

New GOP ad: The stimulus isn't working  —  From Boehner's office, an odd, hokey first effort at pushing a meme that could deliver the House to the GOP if it's still true next November.  There's too much in the way here to focus on the message — split-screen, soundtrack, cornpone narrator …

Battle lines drawn in AmeriCorps IG scandal  —  Key Republicans in both the House and the Senate are accusing the White House of giving “incomplete and misleading” information to investigators probing the president's abrupt firing of AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin.

Now they want Reagan's name off the airport  —  At Wednesday's Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board meeting, chairman H.R. Crawford - a former District Council member and Marion Barry confidante - told fellow Board members that he has heard talk on Capitol Hill …

Bibi's Choice  —  Israel approaches a moment of decision on Iran's nuclear threat.  —  Don't be misled by how little was said about Iran in the major speeches recently delivered by President Barack Obama at Cairo University and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Bar-Ilan University.

Book Review: ‘The Waxman Report’ by Henry Waxman  —  How Congress Really Works By Henry Waxman with Joshua Green  —  Twelve.  235 pp.  $24.99  —  Henry Waxman is to Congress what Ted Williams was to baseball — a natural.  As you read this nicely proportioned, fast- paced book …

For Hispanic Firefighter in New Haven Bias Suit, Awkward Position but Firm Resolve  —  NEW HAVEN — The two dozen firefighters who packed into Humphrey's East Restaurant were celebrating a coming marriage, drinking and jawboning in the boisterous style of large men with risky jobs …

Judge admonished for explicit pics on Web site  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — A judicial council on Thursday admonished the chief judge of the nation's largest federal appeals court for having “sexually explicit photos and videos” on his personal Web site, but decided against any further punishment.

Town Hall Plants Take 2: Once Again... All of the Audience Members Called On By Obama Were Supporters  —  Figures.  All of the audience members called on by Obama at his Virginia town hall meeting were supporters.  —  The Weekly Standard reported on this from The Washington Post:

Defining Snark: I have been reading David Denby's book, Snark.  I have some problems with that book, but they are essentially the same ones that the reviewers have talked about, viz., that Denby's book is ultimately dissatisfying because it adopts a partisan view of snark.

Cynthia McKinney Remains Imprisoned in Israel After Gaza-Bound Boat Is Seized  —  Former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney and several other human rights activists remain in an Israeli prison after refusing to sign a deportation form that they claim is self-incriminating.  —  FOXNews.com