BlueOregon: GOP Senate candidate Monica Wehby’s boyfriend claims he never told her about the $100,000 attack ad he launched on her behalf…

BlueNC: while the four Republican candidates in North Carolina turned their Senate primary debate into a freak show.

Brad DeLong: Among other reasons, conservatives are upset about Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century because it suggests that the dirty hippies of Occupy had it right…

Mahablog: …so the decades-long struggles of the American middle class must be Obama’s fault.

Speaking of which, your quote of the day:
“The 1 percent work harder.” (Sam Zell, private equity investor and Romney SuperPAC donor, February 2014)

Guest blogging Mike's Blog Round this week is Jon Perr from Perrspectives. Send your tips, recommendations, comments and angst to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com.