Must Read
- Bill Greider, How the Democratic Party Lost Its Soul
- Eric Lipton (NYT), Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General
- Robert Kuttner, Low Oil Prices Are History’s Greatest Case of Market Failure
- NYT Editorial Board (NYT), The C.I.A.’s Power to Purge [Archived Email]
Should Read
- Scott Raab, Mark Udall Says America Will Be Disgusted at Torture Report
- Meredith McCulloch, Governor Cuts Funding for New Law Offsetting Hanscom [AFB] Education Costs [Ed.: Cuts affect Bedford and Bourne starting in FY16]
- Frank Rich, In Conversation: Chris Rock
- Elizabeth Drew, The Firing of Chuck Hagel
Economics
- Jared Bernstein, First Impressions: Strong payroll gains mark another solid jobs report
- Brad DeLong, The First Good Monthly Payroll Report of the Recovery, If I Am Not Mistaken…
- Jonathan Weisman (NYT), Uncertainty in Washington Poses Long List of Economic Perils
- David Cay Johnston, Real world contradicts right-wing tax theories
- Paul Krugman, How the Case for Austerity Has Crumbled
- Dean Baker, Chris Rock, Ezra Klein, and the Second Great Depression Myth
Politics: Treasury Nominee Antonio Weiss
- Robert Kuttner, Is Obama’s Treasury Nominee a Wall Street Shill?
- Jared Bernstein, Warren v. Weiss: Both Sides Have a Point
Politics: Weasels
- Business Insider, [Paul] Krugman: It’s Not Just About Hard Work — Dumb Rich Kids Get All The Breaks
- Christian Lorentzen, Dad & Jr: Bushes Jr & Sr
- Max Fisher, This quote about Putin’s machismo from Angela Merkel is just devastating
Politics: I’m still positive about Jim Webb but I’m no longer enthusiastic
- Blue Virginia, A Few Thoughts on Jim Webb’s 6 Years in the U.S. Senate [Ed.: Link fixed 12/7/2014]
- Paul Waldman, Jim Webb’s Nostalgia For a Pre-Diversity Democratic Party
- Ben Adler, Jim Webb sucks on climate change
Energy and Environment
- Ari Phillips, Hillary Clinton Wades Into Debate Over Fracking But Avoids Keystone XL
- Brad Plumer, 7 charts to help make sense of this week’s UN climate talks
- Joe Romm, Geoengineering Gone Wild: Newsweek Touts Turning Humans Into Hobbits To Save Climate
Health Care
- Jonathan Chait, 4 New Studies: Obamacare Working Incredibly Well
- Paul Krugman (NYT), Return of Focus Hocus Pocus
Science
- NASA Earth Observatory, Earth at Night 2012
Baseball
- Thomas J. Whalen, Luis Tiant Deserves A Place In Baseball’s Hall Of Fame
Music
- Mick Stingley, The Pixies’ Doolittle: Black Francis’s Track-by-Track Breakdown: