The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Fame

Now that the debt crisis has been averted, all eyes turn to the FAA funding impasse. [Washington Post]

Egyptians are mesmerized at the sight of former President Mubarak pleading guilty from a hospital gurney inside a cage. [Los Angeles Times]

Could former Senator and former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine be tapped to replace Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary? [CNBC]

The story of a dinner party gone awry during the Lincoln Administration comes to light. [The New York Times]