Links for Sunday, September 20th

1. Another provacative cover of the Economist.

2. Chris Dodd wants to merge all four bank regulatory agencies into one "super-regulator" (via CalculatedRisk).

3. President Obama refuses to halt the CIA probe into allegations of abuse of suspects (answering questions on the probe [time 9'00"]).

4. George Will on the futility of "nation building".

5. Obama is well-liked overseas, but does he get what he wants?

6. On love.