Reason Morning Links: NATO Brings Karzai and Taliban Together, Virginia Thomas Calls Anita Hill, GOP Widens Lead

• NATO brokers talks between Taliban, Karzai government.
• Virginia Thomas, wife of Clarence Thomas, calls Anita Hill, asks her to apologize.
• GOP candidates still unable to articulate specific spending cuts.
• Free checking beginning to disappear.
• BP's oil spill money changing the Gulf Coast.
• GOP takes larger lead in the polls as Election Day nears.