Today, the Lordsburg Liberal, the oldest weekly newspaper in New Mexico and the third-oldest paper in the state, delivers one final issue to its readers, then goes out of business. CJR Online has the story.

Today the 55th annual National Prayer Breakfast. Except there's more to it than just prayer, as outlined by Jeff Sharlet over at The Revealer, a daily review of religion and the press. Creepy stuff.

While you're there, you might dip into another piece by Sharlet, reprinted from Harper's and part of a forthcoming narrative history of fundamentalism. More creepy stuff.

Columnist Molly Ivins has died, at age 62, of the breast cancer she was first diagnosed with in 1999. The New York Times obit has a couple of examples of the wit for which she was famous, including this description of a Texas congressman: "If his I.Q. slips any lower, we’ll have to water him twice a day."

Update: You can read her last column, "Stand Up Against the Surge," here.