Weekend Update - November 29th

• "It is very likely the end of the Big Three as we know them, the merciful end of the laughably mediocre American car, the end of the big dumb SUV, Hummers and Escalades and Suburbans now considered about as palatable and attractive as the fat, hairy guy sweating into your margarita at the beach. All sources say Detroit's collapse is either a very good thing, or a very horrible thing. Or it's both. Celebrating yet?" Mark Morford is grumpy.


• Ten years ago, Newt Gingrich was forced to resign as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Now, in a desperate search for leadership, Republican National Committee members are debating whether to turn back to the past and tap the ever-ready Gingrich. The Second Coming of Newt Gingrich.


• The Religious Right is understandably concerned about what a Barack Obama administration will mean for their influence and agenda in the coming years. Heads We Win, Tails You Lose.


• The Greek Tragedy that is the Bush presidency. A revealing interview of Dubya with his sister Dorothy Koch.


• Fascinating stuff from Sean Penn. Conversations with Chavez and Castro. Send this one off to your conservative friends. I dare ya.


• Please contribute to the George W. Bush Library. Thanks so much.