Washington Post today, on the economy: "U.S. Economic Growth Improves Over First Quarter"
MSNBC: "Economy has slowed to a crawl, but at least it is crawling forward"
On politics (which ain't beanbag), conservative ideas and politics (in general, we should oppose any attempt to immanentize the eschaton), sports (when does football season start?), teaching and education (polished apples are welcome), and pop culture.