Sunday morning roundup

The U.K.'s extensive surveillance system goes too far. And its multicultural society is no longer a great fit for the Church of England as a concept.

My parents always saved the pumpkin flesh and made (overspiced for my taste) pumpkin bread. I love everything pumpkin: pumpkin (with soft tofu or cream) pasta sauce, pumpkin bread, pumpkin ravioli, etc. I don't like pumpkin pie in the most commonly understood sense because it's overspiced and you loose the pumpkin taste. Just a dab of cinnamon and nutmeg. I'd leave out the cloves, too.

Frank Rich looks at the balloon boy saga in the context of the financial crisis.