Morning Journal--Capital on strike

Economics

   This Week’s Data

            August new home sales rose 7.9%, in line with expectations.

   Other

            Capital on strike (short):

            http://kudlowsmoneypolitics.blogspot.com/2013/09/kudlows-lament-is-capital-on-strike-in.html

            Merkel’s victory is not necessarily good news for the EU (medium):

            http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/09/mathew-rose-good-news-for-merkel-is-not-necessarily-good-news-for-europe.html

            In EU, bank lending to consumers is down for the 16^th month in a row (short):

            http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-26/forget-recovery-what-total-european-monetary-collapse-looks

            Update on household income (medium):

            http://advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/Median-Household-Income-Update.php

Politics

  Domestic

Ann Coulter on mass shootings and their causes (medium):

http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2013-09-18.html#read_more

And Charles Krauthammer (medium):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-the-real-navy-yard-scandal/2013/09/19/ddfde26a-2162-11e3-a358-1144dee636dd_story.html

Where is Obamacare now (medium):

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-25/they-got-it-wrong-all-accounts-where-obamacare-now

More on the sorry state of our educational system (medium):

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-25/truly-exceptional-and-dumber-ever-verbal-sat-scores-plunge-fresh-record-low

  International War Against Radical Islam

            The latest in the Benghazi hearings (medium):

            http://www.weeklystandard.com/author/stephen-f.-hayes