The Return of the Recession Story

First a recession starts and there are a lot of personal recession features. Then everyone gets bored and there are no personal recession stories. Now, they're back! Along with some war, a sad President and more on Fort Hood.

The Wall Street Journal has made the quirky recession tale its own so far this week. It's been one great look at how the death of, you know, everything, has affected people after another. The Times weighs in with a fairly straight, but well-reported piece, on the impact an unemployed father can have on a family. The Fort Hood story rumbles on, with a new angle - on whether a different police officer actually shot him down. Pretty well everyone runs with the story that the US ambassador in Afghanistan cautions against troop levels, and the Washington Post and the New York Daily News are both concerned for our sad President.

Disclosure: I freelance write and report for newspapers that are included in this roundup. Where there is a direct conflict of interest I will make it clear.