Wednesday evening must-reads

NYTimes columnist: Tea party is "waging jihad" against America

"Liberals are in deep, deep denial about their own incivility issues"

The civil way to call someone a "terrorist"

Tea partiers & the debt deal: Fiscal "terrorists" or principled heroes?

Two negotiators: Obama vs. Reagan

Major Garrett: Debt deal is an abdication of responsibility

Budget deals and tax increases

Michelle Malkin: Back to big-government spending as usual

Great news: Service industry now slowing down, too

Conservatives' work has only just begun

Report: Hosni Mubarak was offered asylum in Israel

Leon Panetta warns against across-the-board Pentagon budget cuts

Did the DNC blow off union workers for Obama's birthday celebration?

Hahahaha: MSNBC president sets sights on toppling Fox News

Sarah Palin hands out $65,000 in campaign donations

Margaret Hoover: GOP can win youth vote

Allen West explains debt ceiling vote: Conservatives must stop "eating each other"

h/t YAF