Must Read
- C. J. Chivers, The Secret U.S. Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons
- Thomas Frank, Zephyr Teachout’s ‘Corruption in America’
Should Read
- Andrew Gelman, 10th anniversary of “Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science” [Ed.: It’s a great blog. I probably spend more time there than at any other.]
- Coral Davenport, Pentagon Signals Security Risks of Climate Change
- Luke Brinker, The progressives are coming!: Why the latest attempt to “save” Democrats from populism is so pathetic
- Paul Krugman, The Civility Whine
Politics
- William Broad, Transcripts Kept Secret for 60 Years Bolster Defense of Oppenheimer’s Loyalty
- Dylan Mathews and Dara Lind, 4 Congressmen say ISIS is on America’s border. We asked them for proof.
- Joe Romm, Can Progressives, Enviros, And Scientists Save Capitalism From The Pro-Collapse Polluters?
MA Politics
- Blue Mass Group, Charlie Baker’s Outsourcing Problem
- Victor Paul Alvarez, Mass. Congressional Hopeful Seth Moulton Kept His Military Awards a Secret
Economics
- Andy Borowitz, G.O.P. Leader: Five Million Forced Back to Work Under Obama
- Brad DeLong, Infrastructure Investment Truly a No-Brainer [Ed.: Warning: He gets technical.]
- Brad DeLong, At the Oregon Economic Forum: Introducing Doug Elliott: “Making Wall Street Work for Main Street”
- Robert Kuttner, More Trade Agreements Won’t Fix the Mess Made by Austerity
- Paul Krugman, 1937
- David Wessel, 5 Reasons to Worry About Deflation