Some fans don't like it that their favorite singers and bands are boosting Kerry -- concert boycotts this fall?

British reaction against expansion of innane slang over standard English (and yes, there is such a thing) -- my favorite "reader reaction" from BBC: Hopefully it can stop the annoying craze of saying "innit" after every single sentence. Simon , High Wycombe

Happy Birthday Herbert Hoover. One of Harding's biggest mistakes was putting HH in the Cabinet as Commerce Secretary in 1921. "Wonder Boy," as the wry Coolidge called him, approached the '29 Crash as an engineer, tried to fix it, and ended up making it far, far worse.