"So Ms. Abramson's 20-25 Hz phrase-final amplitude modulation of her 140-145 Hz fundamental frequency is heard as a sort of superimposed infrasound. (Technically "infrasound" should be below 20 Hz, but this is close.) 140 Hz is not unusually low for the bottom of an adult woman's pitch range — but 20-25 Hz is low for humans of any kind…. [T]his is first time that I've ever seen such a large-factor amplitude modulation so stably superimposed on a speaker's sequence of pitch pulses." —So Times executive editor Jill Abramson is apparently a freak of nature.

The teabaggers (Blissfully unaware? Here!) want to halt the "borrow-and-spend-like-there's-no-tomorrow approach" down in Washington. Guess they'll be voting Democrat next time.

In an analysis piece last month about the health care debate, the AP's Liz Sidoti wondered why President Obama was having such a hard time getting people to accept the need for reform. A failure of leadership? Or simply a failure to communicate? Are those things the same when a complicated issue is so important to so many? And if a president can't articulate his vision on something so sprawling and all-encompassing, how can he lead?

In an analysis piece yesterday, the AP's Liz Sidoti wondered why President Obama is spending to much time trying to shape public opinion on the issues.

Today's tabloid covers: "Which is worse: devoting so little space to the season opener on page one that it does you no good, or choosing the wrong story to play big?"

Times biz columnist Joe Nocera weighs in on the Obama administration's financial system regulatory plans: "Everywhere you look in the plan, you see the same thing: additional regulation on the margin, but nothing that amounts to a true overhaul." The FT editorializes, in their fey way: "The administration's proposals will disappoint those hoping for a tidier US regulatory system." (Pass the crumpets much?) And at The Baseline Scenario, the most damning point of all.