Must Listen/Read
- President Obama’s Full NPR Interview On Iran Nuclear Deal [Ed.: The President gets this one very right, I think.]
- Glenn Kessler, [Sen. Tom] Cotton’s misguided history lesson on the North Korean nuclear deal
- Matthew Yglesias, 12 years ago today, Donald Rumsfeld sent the greatest memo of all time
- Larry Mishel, The Opportunity Dodge
- Robert Reich, The Defining Moment, and Hillary Rodham Clinton
Should Read
- Economic Policy Institute, Missing Workers: The Missing Part of the Unemployment Story
- Danny Vinik, [Kansas Gov.] Brownback’s Right-Wing “Experiment” Is Bankrupting Kansas. His Solution: More Radical Cuts. [Ed.: See also Jon Stewart.]
- Tim Maughan, The dystopian lake filled by the world’s tech lust
- Eli Rabett, Andy Lacis Writes to Steve Koonin [Ed.: Essential climate science explained in detail to someone who shouldn’t need to have it explained to them in detail.]
- Andrew Gelman, A silly little error, of the sort that I make every day
- Eric Asimov (NYT), The Right Wine to Drink With a Sandwich
Work, Jobs, and Trade (Economics)
- Elise Gould, Total Jobs Sputter in March While Wages Continue to Sing the Same Slow Song
- Elise Gould, No Worker Shortages, but Some Sectors Show Improved Opportunities
- Elise Gould, The Quits Rate Exemplifies a Far From Strong Economy
- Valerie Wilson, No, We’re Not There Yet!: Why Full Employment is a Better Destination than Full Recovery
- Joseph Stiglitz (NYT), On the Wrong Side of Globalization
- Mike Konczal, Free Trade Isn’t about Trade. It’s About Bureaucrats—and Guns.
- Ross Eisenbrey, H-1B proponents hide abuses behind phony claims
- Michael Hiltzik, Why the middle class is doing even worse than you think
Environment
- Jody Freeman and Richard Lazarus, Is the President’s Climate Plan Unconstitutional?
- Laurence Tribe, Why EPA’s Climate Plan Is Unconstitutional
- Jody Freeman and Richard Lazarus, A rebuttal to Tribe’s reply
- Laurence Tribe, Reply to Professors Jody Freeman and Richard Lazarus
- Resource Renewal Institute, Defense of Place
- Justin Gillis and Matt Richtel (NYT), Beneath California Crops, Groundwater Crisis Grows
- Justin Fox, Farmers Use Water. Get Over It.
- Ben Adler, What do conservative policy intellectuals think about climate change?
Politics
- Kendall Breitman, Carly Fiorina blames environmentalists for California drought [Ed.: Carla Fiorina: Not a policy intellectual.]
- Paul Krugman (NYT), John Galt Hates Ben Bernanke
- Robert Kuttner, 5 Radical Ideas Hillary Should Support
- Paul Waldman, A Reminder About Netanyahu, Iraq, and Iran
Defense
- Tyler Rogoway, Major Obvious: F-35 Pilot Says A-10 Will Always Be Better At Air Support [Ed.: Ah, but is it better than an A-16?]
- Travis Tritten, [Air Force] general who said protesting A-10 decision was ‘treason’ removed from post
Math and Science
- Andrew Gelman, But when you call me Bayesian, I know I’m not the only one
Baseball
- Matt Collins, Cherington’s depth obsession leads to best bench in baseball
- Victor Mather (NYT), Opening Days Around the World
Miscellany
- Zeninjor Enwemka and Asma Khalid, Report Blasts MBTA Management, Calls For Fiscal Control Board
- NYC Taxi Drivers 2015 Calendar