- Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. [ESPN]
- Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman dies at 89. [The Washington Post]
- Barack Obama's Achilles Heel. [Slate]
- Can its soccer team's victory in the 2007 Asian Cup bring unity to Iraq? [My Way]
- Top Democrats want to block Bush's $20 billion arms gift to the Sauds. [The Hill]
- From Wonkette's Daily Briefing Dpmt., "Lying is the New Black." [Wonkette]