Politics
- Ezra Klein (Wonkblog), Summers lost because liberals don’t trust Obama on financial reform
- Charlie Pierce, Elizabeth [Warren] Would Like A Word
- Lydia DePillis (Wonkblog), 4 million more people would be poor if it weren’t for food stamps
- NPR, House Votes To Slash $40 Billion From Food Stamp Program
- Jared Bernstein, The DC Political Scene, Such That It Is
- NY Times, As Budget Fight Looms, Obama Sees Defiance in His Own Party
- Paul Krugman, The Crazy Party
Economics
- Brad DeLong, We Simply Do Not Have a Deficit Problem for at Least the Next Three Presidential Terms
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, My grovelling apology to [Gernan Finance Minister Wolfgang] Schäuble
- Neil Irwin (Wonkblog), The typical American family makes less than it did in 1989
- Quartz, American incomes are down 8.3% since 2007
- Arin Dube, Broken Job Ladders and the Great Recession: Fast Food Edition
- Dean Baker, Few Jobs Means Bad Jobs
- Charlie Pierce, Working. And Still Poor.
Government Surveillance
Human Behavior
- Peter Ludlow, The Banality of Systemic Evil
- NY Times, The Rational Choices of Crack Addicts
Syria
- Walter Pincus, Syria groundwork began months ago
- Dan Drezner, What Do Syria and North Korea Have in Common?
- Masha Gessen, What Putin Didn’t Have to Say About Syria
- Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Russians deserve better than Putin
Health Care
- Aaron Carroll and Austin Frakt, The Republican Study Committee has a “replace” plan [i.e., a plan to replace Obamacare]
- Ann Marie Marciarille, The Private Option for Medicaid Expansion
- Paul Krugman, I Have Seen The Future, And It Is Medicaid
Guns Save Lives?
- Charlie Pierce, Washington Navy Yard Shooting – The View From Here
- WZZM, Road rage shootout leaves two drivers dead
Weather
- The Denver Post, Colorado flood: Rainfall totals over time map
- Boston.com, The Great New England Hurricane of ’38 (75th anniversary)
Sports
- NY Times, Harvey’s Injury Shows Pitchers Have a Speed Limit
- Obnoxious Boston Fan, Lackey’s extreme makeover a real beaut