Must Read

• Eric Chandler, It Makes You Feel Better

Should Read

• Warsan Shire, Home
• Simon Kuper, Paris witness
• Mark Schmitt (NYT), A Lost Generation of Democrats [Ed.:  It’s also worth pointing out that Eisenhower Republicans are now gone – not just a generation but all of them.  Name one holding an elected office of significance.]
• Julia Preston (NYT), Large Companies Game H-1B Visa Program, Costing the U.S. Jobs
• Rich Yeselson, The Decline of Labor, the Increase of Inequality
• Andrew Gelman, Death rates have been increasing for middle-aged white women, decreasing for men [Ed.:  Related:  Monica Potts, “What’s Killing Poor White Women?”]

Veterans Day

• Robert Bateman, Why Veteran’s Day Exists
• The Atlantic, Chickenhawk Nation
• James Fallows, The Tragedy of the American Military
• Andrew Bacevich, A Letter to Paul Wolfowitz

Defense

• Andrew Cockburn, Search and destroy: The Pentagon’s losing battle against IEDs  [Ed.:  Once upon a time my job was to “detect and disrupt the IED production chain”.   Cockburn’s essay put my work in perspective.]

From Health Care to Climate Change Mitigation

• Paul Krugman (NYT), Consider the Source, Obamacare Edition
• Jared Bernstein, A message to my friends and allies about why repealing the Cadillac tax is the wrong thing to do
• Rachana Pradan, One state’s unlikely Obamacare replacement plan: Single-payer
• Paul Krugman (NYT), Despair, American Style
• Jeet Heer, The New Utopians
• James Bennet, An Interview with Bill Gates: ‘We Need An Energy Miracle’
• Dean Baker, India’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Secular Stagnation
• Mike Orcutt, Researcher Demonstrates How to Suck Carbon from the Air, Make Stuff from It

Politics

• Martin Longman, League of Conservation Voters Gives Hillary a Very Early Nod
• Mike the Mad Biologist, Some Thoughts on the Internet ‘Progressives’
• Conor Freidersdorf, Campus Activists Weaponize ‘Safe Space’ [Ed.:  As a general rule I wouldn’t piss on Freidersdorf if he were on fire but he gets this one right.  Watch the video.]
• Josh Marshall, Ignorance and Arrogance
• driftglass, At The GOP Debate: The Piano has Been Drinking
• Brad DeLong, Yael T. Abouhalkah: Gov. Sam Brownback’s fantasy land vs. real Kansas sales tax shortfall
• Robert Reich, Reality Check
• Mike the Mad Biologist, Why Politically-Savvy Lawyers Should Never Be Allowed To Set Data Standards

Trans-Pacific Partnership

• Charlie Pierce, Surprise! The New Trade Deal Is Written for and By Corporations
• Jeffrey Sachs, TPP is too flawed for a simple ‘yes’ vote

Work

• Justin Miller, The Labor Prospect: Trading Promises
• Jared Bernstein, This is your paycheck at full employment… maybe

Cost of Living

• Simón Rios, Report: Construction Costs Make It Prohibitive To Build Middle Class Housing Around Boston
• Renée Loth, Millions Are Living On $2 A Day – Yes, In The United States

Agriculture

• Sophia McDonald Bennett, Making a Meal That’s Bred-to-Order  [Ed.:  Note that’s “bred” not “genetically engineered”.]

Science

• Mike the Mad Biologist, Who Gets Screwed by Funding Changes: RFAs and Anti-Conservatism
• Eric Niler, Congress’ Chief Climate Denier Lamar Smith and NOAA Are at War
• J.G. Allen, et al., Associations of Cognitive Function Scores with Carbon Dioxide, Ventilation, and Volatile Organic Compound Exposures in Office Workers: A Controlled Exposure Study of Green and Conventional Office Environments
• Kathy Pretz, Peeking at Pluto and Beyond

Ending on a Positive Note

• Better Cities & Towns
• The Oatmeal, It’s going to be okay