Must Read
- Julia Preston (NYT), Toys ‘R’ Us Brings Temporary Foreign Workers to U.S. to Move Jobs Overseas
- Jared Bernstein, Are there any economic indicators pointing towards the need for a Fed rate hike? Some of my econ pals weigh in.
- Aaron Carroll (NYT), Trapped in the System: A Sick Doctor’s Story
- Ezekiel Emanuel and Bob Kocher (NYT), Don’t Repeal the Cadillac Tax [Ed.: Details of the “Cadillac Tax” available here.]
- No More Mr. Nice Blog, But Republicans Never Face Consequences for Their Irresponsibility
Should Read
- Norm Ornstein, How GOP Radicals Made the Speakership Unappealing
- Paul Waldman, The GOP’s Delusions
- Paul Krugman (NYT), The Blackmail Caucus, a.k.a. the Republican Party
- driftglass, Sunday Morning Comin’ Down: Carly Fiorina’s Blood Libel
- MacArthur Foundation, Meet the 2015 MacArthur Fellows
Politics
- Andrew Gelman, Jason Chaffetz is the Garo Yepremian of the U.S. House of Representatives, and I don’t mean that in a good way.
- driftglass, Bernie Speaks Truth
- Richard Eskow, Sanders vs. Clinton: Who Has the Best Plan for College Students?
- driftglass, At The Smarmy McCarthy Hearings
- driftglass, Hello Dickless My Old Friend: Part II — The Repropheting [Ed.: driftglass en fuego this week.]
- Garrett Glass, It’s time to destroy the Republican party
Good Government
- Adam Clymer (NYT), Reflections of a ‘Master Legislator’ [Ed.: Former Senator Ted Kennedy]
- Robin Pogrebin (NYT), In the Mold of a Senator Who Bartered: Edward M. Kennedy Institute Aims to Teach Collaboration
Foreign Affairs
- Tyler Rogoway, Russia Begins Bombing Operations In Syria As A Bigger Strategic Picture Emerges
- Alexander Main and Dan Beeton, The Latin America WikiLeaks Files
Economics
- Jared Bernstein, Trump and taxes: This thing about going after the big guys…I don’t think it means what you think it means.
- Nathaniel Brooks (NYT), Inside the Southern Tier
- Health Economists’ Keep-the-Cadillac-Tax Letter
- Jason Furman and Matt Fiedler, New Data Show Slow Health Care Cost Growth is Continuing
Environment
Science
- Kenneth Chang (NYT), Mars Shows Signs of Having Flowing Water, Possible Niches for Life, NASA Says
- Valerie Coffey, Hyperspectral Imaging for Safety and Security
- Journal of the Optical Society of America, Upcoming Feature Issue: Single Molecule Image Formation, Reconstruction and Processing
- NASA, Charon in Enhanced Color
- High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, Dynamic Mars
Art and Culture
Ending on a Positive Note