Brad Delong: Schooling the New York Times on which academic bloggers really matter.
Joshua Holland's Blog: Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates revive Jim Crow era effort to nullify federal law.
Simon Johnson: At the World Economic Forum in Davos, the gap between the worlds of corporate CEO's and everyone else was large – and growing.
The Reaction: Meet Rep. Jack Kingston of the Anti-Science Party.
Boing Boing: Meet Ayn Rand and her acolyte Paul Ryan, poster children for Social Security and Medicare.
Jonathan Chait: Introducing the new American media reality show - Who wants to be Paul Ryan's press secretary?
Speaking of which, your quote of the day: "While I am proud to have 13 House Republicans co-sponsor the legislation, and have been overwhelmed by the support outside the Beltway, my plan is not the Republican Party's platform and was never intended to be." (Paul Ryan, on his Roadmap for America's Future proposals to privatize Social Security and ration Medicare, August 2010)
update: Thanks to Jon Perr of Perrspectives for doing the round up this week. Next up is Michael J.W. Stickings of The Reaction. Email tips to mjwstickings AT yahoo DOT ca.
