Recess!
— Epileptic Americans will be looking forward to comprehensive reform.
— It would be nice to see Obama make the case for clean energy but the evidence on presidential ability to move public opinion suggests it’s pretty limited.
— Small signs of cultural progress in the digital age: My First Fail.
— Senators Dodd, Menendez, Bennet, and Merkley have what sounds like a good idea to me for transit-oriented development grants.
— Is Mel Martinez really resigning for no reason? That doesn’t seem plausible.
— Pakistani Taliban is bigger than one man.
Song of the day: Interpol frontman Paul Banks has a solo project called Julian Plenti, and a new video featuring Metric’s Emily Haines—“Games for Days”.

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