* Thomas Sowell: Government solutions are the trouble (Columbus Dispatch)
* Bay Area housing advocate named to HUD post
* Geithner reportedly picks Citigroup economist for post
* Balcony Battle (WSVN)
* Home repossessions up two thirds in a year says Financial Services Authority (Telegraph)
* John M. Kunst, Jr.: Kumbaya won’t cut it (Summit Daily News)
* When the sheriff arrives he (Independent-Review)
* Should we cash in our endowment policy? (Virginia Wallis, Guardian Unlimited)
* Fannie Mae: Refinancing volume jumps (Pacific Business News)
* Turner review blames ‘exaggerated faith’ in markets for financial crisis (Jill Treanor, Guardian Unlimited)