Must Read/Watch
- Paul Krugman (NYT), Fraternity of Failure
- Paul Krugman (NYT), Blinkers and Lies
- Bruce Barlett interviewed by Elias Isquith, “Utter insanity and stupidity”: Ex-Reagan adviser unloads on GOP, lobbyists and the myth of the “moderate Republican”
- Katrina Brooker, Why Elizabeth Warren Makes Bankers So Uneasy, and So Quiet [Ed.: Apropos of Bruce Bartlett’s comments, Sen. Warren is an ex-Republican.]
Should Read
- Paul Waldman, Should We Relitigate the Iraq War in the 2016 Campaign? You Bet We Should
- Sarah Gray, Four Myths About the “Freelancer Class”
- Cathy O’Neil, Sharing Insurance Costs With the Sharing Economy
- E.J. Dionne, A Radical Pope
- Jason Furman (NYT), Smart Social Programs
- Salman Rushdie, Keynote address at 2015 Emory University Commencement
Environment
- Ceres, Feeding Ourselves Thirsty: How the Food Sector is Managing Global Water Risks
- Eli Rabett, Denial, Luckwarmers, and Evasion [Ed.: Read the Paul Price quote.]
- Eli Rabett, Why Hart Found Narrow Ecospheres — A Minor Science Mystery Solved
Politics
- ScienceDebate.org
- YouTube, Eisenhower warns us of the military industrial complex
- Ed Kilgore, Asymmetric Polarization Continues, Half-Noticed
- driftglass, Sunday Morning Comin’ Down
- Paul Krugman (NYT), When Maestros Cry
- Matt Taibbi, The Democratic Party Would Triangulate Its Own Mother
- Max Ehrenfreund, Why the most liberal candidate for president opposes strict gun control
- Paul Krugman (NYT), Fighting for History
- Orwell’s 1984 was intended as a warning not an instruction manual
Foreign Affairs
- Seymour M. Hersh, The Killing of Osama bin Laden [Ed.: See also criticism of Hersh’s piece here]
- BBC, Russia’s economy falls in first quarter as woes mount
- David Sanger and William Broad (NYT), China Making Some Missiles More Powerful
Economics
- Elise Gould, JOLTS Data Suggest a Sideways-Moving Economy
- Stephanie Kelton, QE3 added $2 trillion to the Fed’s balance sheet, and inflation did what?
- Mike the Mad Biologist, When Misunderstanding Money Kills
- Dan Walters, Finally, war on Prop. 13 breaks out
Miscellany
- Margalit Fox (NYT), Chris Burden, a Conceptualist With Scars, Dies at 69
- Leonid Mlodinow (NYT), It Is, in Fact, Rocket Science
- Artisanal Pencil Sharpening