Must Read
- John Richardson, When the End of Human Civilization Is Your Day Job: Among many climate scientists, gloom has set in. Things are worse than we think, but they can’t really talk about it.
- Paul Starr, Cultures of Impunity [Ed.: Apropos of Taibbi’s piece on Holder last week.]
- Mike Konczal, On Paleo and Faith in Government
- NASA, The Icy Mountains of Pluto
Should Listen/Read
- Here and Now, What Now For Iraq? [Ed.: I listened to the interview with retired Marine Victoriano. I haven’t listened to the interview with Bacevich yet but he’s always insightful. In a more just world Elliott Abrams would be in prison for crimes against humanity and/or treason. I’m his segment is… entertaining.]
- Fred Thys, With Mass. Off Track On Emissions Goal, Advocates Seek 1st State Carbon Tax
- Todd Gitlin (NYT), The Bernie Sanders Moment
- Carey Goldberg, ‘Not Just Lyme Disease Anymore’: 7 New Reasons To Fear Ticks This Summer
- Julie Hirschfeld Davis (NYT), Hacking of Government Computers Exposed 21.5 Million People
- Katha Pollitt, The Anti-Abortion Vanguard: Abortion opponents are at the forefront of a wider effort to punish poor women and attack social services.
- Paul Krugman (NYT), Liberals and Wages
Greece
- Steven Erlanger (NYT), Deal on Greek Debt Crisis Exposes Europe’s Deepening Fissures
- Paul Krugman (NYT), Greece’s Economy Is a Lesson for Republicans in the U.S.
- Brad DeLong, When Greece, Her Knee in Suppliance Bent…
Puerto Rico
- Cathy O’Neil, Puerto Rico’s debt situation
Economics
- Paul Krugman (NYT), Invisible Green Triumphs
- Josh Bivens, How Overtime Rules Could Help the Middle Class
- Larry Mishel, Professor Hubbard’s Claim about Wage and Compensation Stagnation Is Not True
- Kevin Cirilli, Warren calls for return of Glass-Steagall
- Robert Reich, Hillary Clinton’ Glass-Steagall
Political Economy
- Noam Scheiber (NYT), Growth in the ‘Gig Economy’ Fuels Work Force Anxieties
- Eduardo Porter (NYT), Sizing Up Hillary Clinton’s Plans to Help the Middle Class
Politics
- Dana Milbank, Donald Trump is the monster the GOP created
- Sara Libby, The California Democrat Setting the National Agenda
- Lois Weiner, What’s Wrong With the AFT?: The American Federation of Teachers’ top-down endorsement of Hillary Clinton is an affront to democratic unionism.
- Thor Benson, Stop Calling Bernie Sanders a Socialist
Defense
- Tyler Rogoway, The Official Response To The F-35’s Dismal Dogfight Report Is Misleading
- Tyler Rogoway, Russia Can’t Afford To Buy Its New Super Weapons
Health Care
- Robert Pear (NYT), Head of Obama’s Health Care Rollout to Lobby for Insurers
- Aaron Carroll (NYT), Paying People to Be Healthy Usually Works, if the Public Can Stomach It
- Aaron Carroll, What makes the US health care system so expensive – Introduction [Ed.: From 2010. Worth revisiting.]
Science
- Daniel Swain, Very strong El Niño likely during autumn/winter 2015-2016; significant impacts possible in California
Ending on a Positive Note: Pluto
- Jonathan Corum (NYT), New Horizons Sharpens Our View of Pluto’s Icy Heart
- Alan Taylor, The Voyage of New Horizons: Jupiter, Pluto, and Beyond
- NASA, Animated Flyover of Pluto’s Icy Mountain and Plains