Must Read
- Rep. Ken Gordon Leads Charge: Committee Hears Paid Family and Medical Leave Bill [Ed.: If you live in Bedford, Burlington, or the right corner of Wilmington then Ken is your State Rep. He’ll be up for re-election next year. If you don’t know him already then get to know him. He’s excellent – as committed a public servant as you’ll ever meet.]
- Ron Hira, Disney H-1B Scandal in Spotlight Again: Meet The American Workers Whose Jobs and Careers Were Destroyed by the H-1B Program
- Chris Dillow, On Misunderstanding Economics
- Brian Beutler, The GOP’s Grotesque Festival of Lies
Should Read
- Rick Perlstein, The GOP Circus: Truth-Defying Feats [Ed.: “Poor old John Kasich” indeed.]
- David Herszenhorn (NYT), House Approves Budget, Providing ‘Clean’ Exit That John Boehner Sought
- Dean Baker, Paul Ryan Wants to Shut Down the Government, Permanently
- Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Robert Gebeloff (NYT), Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice
- We Mapped the Uninsured. You’ll Notice a Pattern.
- Andrew Bacevich, Yes, the U.S. can leave Afghanistan
- Eli Rabett, Need to Know
Climate Change: Politics and Science
- Eli Rabett, The Return of the Red Queen
- John Schwartz (NYT), Deadly Heat Is Forecast in Persian Gulf by 2100
- Kathleen Maclay, Study finds climate change will reshape global economy
- Samantha Page, A Global Agreement On Climate Change Likely Won’t Include Carbon Pricing
- Josh Halpern, Greg Laden, Collin Maessen, Miriam O’Brien, Ken Rice and Michael Tobis, Climate Change is Real, and Important
- Katie Valentine, These 4 Republican Senators Are Forming A Group To Tackle Climate Change
- Coral Davenport, Josh Haner, Larry Buchanan, and Derek Watkins (NYT), Greenland is Melting Away
Politics
- driftglass, Birthday Fundraiser Day One: So Far, So Good
- Nancy LaTourneau, The Real Effect of Citizens United on the GOP
- Iowa Starting Line, Jeb Bush’s Terrible Internal Iowa Numbers
- Ian Millhiser, Carly Fiorina’s Utterly Bonkers Take On The Constitution
- Jim Geraghty, Ben Carson’s Troubling Connection
- Paul Rosenberg, Let’s call them all lunatics: Fearful “balanced” “journalists” let wingnuts run wild
- driftglass, At The GOP Debate: Clap for the Wolfman — Final Update
- Jeff Spross, Bernie Sanders doesn’t need to pay for his socialist utopia
Cold War Redux
- Tyler Rogoway, Cold War 2.0 As Russian Bears Buzz Carrier, Subs Snoop Around Seabed Cables
- Lt. Col. Robert Bateman, About Those Russian Warplanes ‘Dangerously Close’ to a U.S. Aircraft Carrier
Economics
- Josh Bivens, The Republican Study Committee Wants to Rachet Up Austerity
- Paul Krugman (NYT), Check Out Our Low, Low (Natural) Rates
- Jared Bernstein, The next recession is out there somewhere. Meanwhile, we’ve got other problems.
- Simon Johnson, Resurrecting Glass-Steagall
Work
- Rebecca Ruiz (NYT), N.B.A. Cheerleaders’ New Rallying Cry: Better Pay
State and Local Issues
- Curt Nickish, Mass. Gaming Commission Considers Regulating DraftKings Like A Casino
- Adam Vaccaro, Somerville alderman candidate vows to represent city’s renters
Miscellany
- Andrew Gelman, Are you ready for some smashmouth FOOTBALL?
- Peter Balonon-Rosen, This ‘Fantasy Reading League’ Trades Footballs For Books
Ending on a Positive Note
- NY Times, 36 Hours in San Francisco
(Not a positive note if you’re a Mets fan but, even if you are, what a run around the bases.)