Which is More Important, "Balanced" or Accurate Reporting?

Excellent op-ed column by liberal New York Times columnist Paul Krugman on the problems that arise when the media prefernces "balance" over accurate annalysis: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/opinion/krugman-the-centrist-cop-out.html

Greatest Song Ever Written About the French & Indian Wars

Great song by The Band about the oft-forgotten displacement of the Acadiens (their descendants in Lousiana are the Cajuns).

Is Compromise the Genius of American Politics?

Read the following article by conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/22/opinion/22brooks.html?_r=1&hp and consider what American politicians did in 1787, 1820, 1832, and 1850 but did not do in 1860.  What is the essence and nature of political compromise?  Are there times and issues that call for compromise and times and issues when compromise would be wrong or unwise?  Should the different sides compromise on the issue of how to handle our current debt crisis?