Weekend Reads

Here are a few features that you may have missed this week:

• Arrests Made Over Icelandic Bank Collapse
• While back at Ground Zero of the bank fraud — Lehman Probe Stalls;  Chance of No Charges Make sure you scroll down to the chart at the bottom, for a nice summary of the inaction against the perpetrators.
• Who’s Afraid of Elizabeth Warren — very nice overview of the battle to confirm her AND the ongoing battle to weaken Dodd-Frank by Simon Johnson.  Time to get busy asking our Congressional delegation to support Ms. Warren — although I expect that our Senators’ support to delay the crackdown on retailer swipe fees isn’t exactly a good sign.
• The NYT Tries the Paywall Again.  So what do you think?  Will you pay $15/month to read the NYT on line?
• Trudy Lieberman takes on NPR’s so-called Liberal Bias by looking at how they recently reported on Social Security.  I love this piece — you can do this over and over on NPR political news programming and get the same result.
• This deserves more than just a quick hit here, but if you read one thing this week, make it this:  Who’s Really Behind Recent Republican Legislation in Wisconsin and Elsewhere? (Hint: It Didn’t Start Here) It is a very detailed look at one more bit of the Wingnut Welfare cabal, this time at a group called ALEC whose mission is to develop off-the-shelf ideologically driven legislation for local wingnuts to pass of as their own.  (h/t to a tipster who shall remain nameless)

A Short Lego History of Great March Madness Moments:

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Did you read anything this week you’d like to share?

It is a glorious day outside, and I’m on my way into the office for a bunch of hours.   🙁