Reason Morning Links
- Obama condemns Iranian government's crackdown on protesters, while Ayatollah Khamenei vows not to yield "at any cost."
- The LA Times reports that the latest California budget is filled with accounting gimmickry that understates the severity of the state's financial crisis. Thank goodness the state isn't a private company, or all of this would be greedy and dishonest.
- White House plants Huffington Post reporter at Obama press conference yesterday, arms him with scripted question*, Obama calls on him. Related: Huffington Post's coverage of Jeff Gannon.
- Obama promises to "absolutely reform health care" by the end of 2009.
- British philanthropist pays $165,000 for a CD of love songs sung by Mikhail Gorbachev.
(*Correction: The question was sent in by an Iranian citizen. So while it was pre-arranged, it was inaccurate to say it was scripted.)
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