— Interesting fight inside LA teacher’s union.
— Smart ideas from Daron Acemoglu, but I’m skeptical of the Bayh-Dole bit.
— A two part historically informed series on the limits of FDR/Obama comparisons.
— Rep John Larson wants a jobs supercommittee.
— Robust growth in the farmer’s market sector.
— Editing rule: “Never use the prefix ‘cyber’ unless you’re William Gibson.”
— Barack Obama isn’t stocking the bench with the kind of young Circuit Court judges who can be elevated to the Supreme Court later.
— Debt ceiling hostage taking worked as a political strategy.
— White House rolls out first ever fuel efficiency standards for trucks and buses.

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