President Jimmy Carter turned 100 today, making him the first former president to do so. James Fallows has a bit of hagiography on his blog today, and the State of Georgia has declared today "Jimmy Carter Day." I hope I make it to 100, too, but I don't expect the State of Illinois to declare that day a public holiday.
In other news:
- Hussein Ibish says Hezbollah got caught in a trap of its own making when it attacked Israel a year ago.
- A Chicago ordinance takes effect next Tuesday that will grant the right of first refusal of the sale of their buildings to thousands of apartment dwellers under threat of gentrification.
- Novelist Ross Barkan takes another look at Robert Caro's 1974 doorstopperThe Power Broker, a book I got about 2/3 through before I gave up.
- Cranky Flier analyzes Southwest Airlines' decision to follow all the others out there and assign seats on its flights.
Finally, yesterday the UK turned off its last operating coal-fired power plant, ending a 142-year run of burning coal to generate power. XKCD points out that in those 142 years, the UK burned the equivalent of about 3 inches of its land surface generating electricity.
And of course, I'll watch the Vice-Presidential Debate tonight at 9pm Eastern, but I don't plan to live-blog. Reactions tomorrow, though.
