IN THE MAIL: From John Wasik, The Audacity of Help: Obama’s Economic Plan and the Remaking of America.

MATTHEW CONTINETTI: A wake-up call for America’s political elites.

SHE’S BAAACK: Sarah Palin: Shame on the Associated Press for Ignoring the Wishes of a Grieving Family.

YOU DON’T SAY: Lawmakers seek survival in unpopular Congress.

THE DE-GREENING OF INSTAPUNDIT: Yeah, I’m back to the original design. “Going Green” was supposed to be a show of support, not a permanent change, and the summer’s over. My support for the Iranian freedom movement is no less, but symbolism takes you only so far.

TIGERHAWK on the Saul Alinsky boom on the right. “For my money the interesting question is, why has it taken so long?”

Rules for Radicals is currently #51 on Amazon.

STACY MCCAIN: Are You Ready to (Tea) Party?

BYRON YORK: On Labor Day, Support For Unions Plunges to All-Time Low.

WHITE COLLAR CRIME BLOG: Monday Morning Quarterbacking with the Madoff Report.

MICKEY KAUS: “Amazingly, many New York Times print readers still don’t know why Van Jones resigned!”

UPDATE: “An Inconvenient Truther.”

TUNKU VARADARAJAN: Too Many Kooks. “I write of the kooky reaction of many conservatives–politicians, citizens and commentators in the media–to the plan by President Obama to address the nation’s schoolchildren tomorrow. (And I write, please note, as a nonlefty libertarian who did not support Barack Obama in the presidential election.)”

ANDREW BREITBART: COURIC SHOULD LOOK IN MIRROR.

Now that White House “Green Jobs Czar” Van Jones has resigned, what’s next?

Inevitably, the American mainstream media – ABC, NBC, CBS, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, et al – must be held to account for sitting on the sidelines as this major story kept building without them, went viral on YouTube, and then became so large that a key appointee of President Obama was forced to step down.

But with their decision to ignore the Jones story, they may have actually done Mr. Obama far more harm than good: Who vetted this guy? How did he get past the FBI? What did he say, and how did he answer the infamous seven-page questionnaire that all Obama appointees were required to fill out? Inquiring Freedom of Information Act minds want to know.

For most people in this country, the resignation was the first they had heard of Van Jones. For this sin of journalistic omission, there’s institutional media blame. Bias is too tame a word for the utter shamelessness on display: Only Republican scandals – real and imagined – matter.

And it’s not just those the Democratic-Media Complex dub as “mobs” or “tea baggers” that are taking notice. Diminishing audience and evaporating subscribership reflect widespread consumer dissatisfaction. Eventually, the money will run out. . . . All eyes are on the media. We are judging them by the standard they taught us during Watergate: “The cover-up is worse than the crime.”

What other major stories are they missing — or sitting on? Stay tuned . . . .

UPDATE: A reader emails:

Well, there’s:
—the public pension tsunami headed our way
—the funneling of billions to ACORN, union pals, etc. to be used to fund the Democratic Party
—the stated intent to create 650,000 additional government jobs in the next 4 years
—the almost-universal collapse of unionized sectors (including governments)
—vote fraud—in all its various forms
—corruption in the bureaucracy (not one SEC bureaucrat was fired over the Madoff debacle)
—fraud in Medicaid, Medicare, workers comp, etc. (they could run a story every day)

That’s just off the top of my head. Given time I could come up with dozens of other examples where they miss the big story.

Yeah, that’s just scratching the subject. I think a good investigative journalist could do a lot more.

UH OH (CONT’D): China alarmed by US money printing. “The US Federal Reserve’s policy of printing money to buy Treasury debt threatens to set off a serious decline of the dollar and compel China to redesign its foreign reserve policy, according to a top member of the Communist hierarchy.”

Plus this: “‘He who goes borrowing, goes sorrowing,’ said Mr Cheng. It was a quote from US founding father Benjamin Franklin.” Well, this country is no longer run according to the founders’ principles. . . .

UPDATE: Gold May Advance Toward $1,000 as Weakening Dollar Spurs Demand.

UH OH: Barack Obama accused of making ‘Depression’ mistakes. “Barack Obama is committing the same mistakes made by policymakers during the Great Depression, according to a new study endorsed by Nobel laureate James Buchanan. His policies even have the potential to consign the US to a similar fate as Argentina, which suffered a painful and humiliating slide from first to Third World status last century, the paper says.”

UPDATE: Obama to appoint Ron Bloom as Manufacturing Czar.

WHAT WE CAN LEARN from India’s health care system. “Health insurance is uncommon in India, so patients typically pay out of their own pockets for routine care. That too plays a role in keeping costs low. As a result, medical services in India are faster, cheaper, and far more consumer-friendly than here.” But most people won’t want to learn: “Apparently, in the mainstream health care debate, the only models you’re allowed to cite are countries that are relatively rich and white. Aside from some socialists smitten with Cuba, hardly anyone wants to look to the Third World.”

PATRICK HYNES ON VAN JONES: “What I don’t understand is the absurd analysis by old media types that the Van Jones resignation is a victory for the ‘open sewer’ of Internet ‘disinformation.’ Van Jones’ comments were objectively vile. Whether you love, hate or are indifferent about Obama, his ‘Green Jobs Czar’s’ remarks about race and more are unacceptable. This is just plain dumb.” Is it still “disinformation” if it’s, you know, true?

UPDATE: Dan Riehl responds.

MICHAEL MOYNIHAN: As Obama Falters, Republicans Dither. On the other hand, while leaderless and dithering, they’re doing better than they’ve done in years — which says nothing very good about the Republican “leaders,” of course . . . .

UPDATE: Politico: Beck Up, Left Let Down. “It confirmed that the real opposition party to Obama right now is the conservative grassroots that draws its energy from Fox News, talk radio and the Drudge Report, and often leaves Republican elected officials scrambling to catch up. And it was a fresh reminder that the White House’s vetting process didn’t fall down only on high-profile nominees like Tom Daschle. It barely touched the lower reaches of the administration.”

ANOTHER UPDATE: Obama Votes Present on Jones, Looks Weak.