Refreshed at 0900GMT ThursdayWriting Worth Reading | July 29, 2010

1 Bernanke Brinksmanship. Edmund Andrews: "There is strong smell of panic among Democrats and a growing push to assuage popular fury on the right and the left"

2 The Internet's Chief Bernanke Apologist Officer Speaks! Brad DeLong: "Obama!! Get Alan Binder and David Romer on the Fed Board now!!!"

3 Paul Krugman for Fed Chair. James Kwak: "We want to get away from depending on one person, which means we have to stop acting like the Fed chair has to be a demigod"