*Â Duff McDonald: Does Warren Buffett deserve his outsider rep?
* Leonard Goldberger: “Buy American” gets a whole new meaning
* Morning Call: U.S. futures point (much) lower, London nears 9-month low, European shares keep falling, the Nikkei loses 3% and Hong Kong shares weaken.
* LDC comes under fire for its pay structure
* Bain & Co: Expect a bounce-back in Middle Eastern M&A activity
* Derek Thompson: Facebook doesn’t adhere to its stated principles
* John Doerr on the iPad: “I found I can take it to concerts. And church.”
* Jonathan Alter:Â Why Paul Volcker was frozen out of the Obama Administration
* Tweet of the Day: @howardlindzon I am fearing Europe becomes another….EUROPE
* Twitter Account of the Day: @BPGlobalPR
* Paul Krugman: Did the post-war economic system fail?
* Jordan Edmiston’s Scott Peters talks media M&A:
* Tim Geithner’s got game: