Here is a sneak peek at some links from my weekly Weekend Reading column over at TheStreet.com.

• The commodities boom means giant tires are crazy scarce (BusinessWeek)
• High oil prices has California experiencing a mini oil boom (S.F. Chronicle)
• Among Greenspan critics, one voice stands out (Globe & Mail)
• George Soros is back to playing gloomy financial prophet again  (New York Times)
• Tomorrow's emerging markets: Africa and the Middle East (Washington Post)
• Barron's has good Jim Rogers interview (Barron's)
• Michael Lewis on the rise and rise of analyst Meredith Whitney  (Bloomberg.com)
• Callable notes next credit market to turn south (Bloomberg.com)

Failures rates in the badly-borked auction securities market are staying stubbornly high:

[via Bloomberg]