Reason Morning Links: The Battle of the Tea Parties, the Long Arm of German Law, and Ernest Hemingway's Electronic Nemesis

• The White House gets a new lawyer.

• A faction fight gets fiercer in the tea party movement.

• A German ex-con sends a cease-and-desist letter to Wikipedia, demanding that it follow his country's law by not posting truthful information about his crime.

• What happens when you let a computer grade essays.

• Do you know how many time zones there are in the former Soviet Union?