Must Read
- Tim Murphy, How Bernie Sanders Learned to Be a Real Politician
- Juan Cole, How Mainstream is Bernie Sanders?
- Aurin Squire, Biker Gangs, Tamir Rice, And The Rise Of White Fragility
- Mike Konczal, What’s Left After Higher Education Is Dismantled [Ed.: Related reading.]
Should Read
- driftglass, The Paper Chase
- Monica Davey and Tamar Lewin (NYT), Unions Subdued, Scott Walker Turns to Tenure at Wisconsin Colleges
- Norm Ornstein, This Isn’t Dennis Hastert’s First Scandal [Ed.: But the earlier ones didn’t involve sex so no one particularly cared.]
- Jon Stewart, Learning Curves Are for Pussies [Ed.: Strong and wrong, baby! Strong and wrong!]
- Kieran Healy, Using Metadata to Find Paul Revere
- Jared Bernstein, Why is it so hard to regulate the banks? It’s less the complexity than the political power.
- Jamelle Bouie, Why building moratoriums won’t solve San Francisco’s housing crisis
- Paul Krugman (NYT), Why Am I A Keynesian?
- Michael Hiltzik, Reduced public funding for basic research leaves U.S. in the scientific dust
Math and Science
- Katie Valentine, A Televised Presidential Debate, About Science?
- Andrew Gelman, Cross-validation != magic
- George Ellis and Joe Silk, Defend the integrity of physics
- Lenny Teytelman, Want to be ethical in science? Speak up.
Environment
- Daniel Swain, El Niño has arrived in the tropical Pacific, but what are the implications for California’s record-breaking drought?
- Brad Plumer, Adapting to climate change is going to be a lot messier than we think
- Jack Jenkins, Yes, Religious Conservatives Accept Climate Change — Just Not The Ones You Think
Economics
- Joe Romm, How Your Taxes Help Inflate The Value Of Coastal Properties Threatened By Climate Change
- Elise Gould and Will Kimball, Strong Wage Growth Would Complement the Safety Net in Reducing Poverty
- Jared Bernstein, The flat tax falls flat for good reasons
- Alan Pyke, New Data Offer First Infuriating Glimpse At How The Richest 0.001 Percent Pay Income Taxes
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s letter to SEC Chair Mary Jo White
- Arthur Delaney, Half Of U.S. Households Approaching Retirement Have Saved No Money
- Zeninjor Enwemeka, In Boston, Renters (And Rents) Are On The Rise But Available Units Are Not, Report Finds
- Jared Bernstein and Ben Spielberg, Inequality Matters: Conservative commentators have been arguing that the uneven distribution of wealth and income in America isn’t a problem. They’re wrong.
Politics
- driftglass, Creepy Stalkers Announce Plans To Finally Leave Nice Lady Alone
- Dave Johnson, Stop Calling the TPP a Trade Agreement – It Isn’t.
- Noam Scheiber and Dalia Sussman (NYT), Inequality Troubles Americans Across Party Lines, Times/CBS Poll Finds
- Katharine Seelye (NYT), Details Uncovered in Boston’s 2024 Olympic Bid May Put It in Jeopardy
- Nick Bunker, What explains the decline in U.S. public corporations?
- Charlie Pierce, War Criminals Among Us: Bush, Cheney, and the Eyes of the World
- Alex de Jong, The Forgotten Massacres
Defense
- Joshua Kroll, The Cyber Conundrum
- Tyler Rogoway, Axing The F-35’s Alternative Engine Was An Incredibly Stupid Move
Baltimore
Kansas
- Paul Krugman (NYT), This Age of Derp, Kansas Edition
- Yael Abouhalkah, Gov. Sam Brownback and Johnson County lawmakers help drive the Kansas clown car
- Kai Wright, Life and Death in Brownback’s Kansas
Rick Perry
- Ross Ramsey (NYT), Daily Reminder of Texas State Budget Cuts
- Scott Horton, Rick Perry’s Witch Trials
- Scott Horton, American History, Texas Style
- Texas Monthly, Rick Perry
Health
- Washington Post, How Much Time is Okay to Spend Sitting Each Day
- Charles Gaba, American Academy of Actuaries chimes in: GOP “fixes” for King v. Burwell are utterly worthless
- Marina Renton, Most States Don’t Require CPR Training For High Schoolers — Should They?
Arts
- Randy Kennedy (NYT), Philip Glass to Perform Inside a Richard Serra Installation
Ending on a Positive Note