Ryan Cooper

Few things: 1. Dems own healthcare whether they like it or not . 2. Clive Crook, folks, a guy who writes polls about what things are popular without looking at any polls or talking to anyone . 3. What centrists miss about inequality: it's a central part  of our case for why  we don't have job growth anymore, not a main goal in and of itself . 4. The quiet elite conspiracy to keep austerity policies going, despite the fact that the intellectual case for them has totally collapsed . 5. Four examples of horrible top-down class warfare . 6. Elizabeth Warren's new bill is good, but the fact that is big time news in Washington is telling . 7. The GOP's Great Depression agenda . I had a particularly rich couple days in there (for me anyway), so I hope you enjoy these.

This is great:

My dad will like this guy: "When you make something, when you go through the process, all the steps, and at the end you have a finished product that you made with your own hands, out of your own mind, that is your own design, it's a reflection of your soul." (via Kottke )

Why the youngs will come around on Obamacare , housing policy , and why congresscritters being on Obamacare is a good thing .

For today .

Spent some time today putting plastic film around most of the windows frames in my house. It's an interesting example of a low cost insulation improvement when one's house is very old and leaks like a sieve. Picture is from my new phone, which is a Nexus 5.