Blue Jersey: The disappearing Chris Christie.

The Florida Squeeze: How to fight back against Republican sabotage of health care in the Sunshine State.

Eric Foner: Why Reconstruction matters.

Balloon Juice: In Indiana, haters gonna hate you for hating their hate.

Speaking of which, your quote of the day:
“To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious belief superior to the law of the land, and in effect to permit every citizen to become a law unto himself.” (Justice Antonin Scalia, in Employment Division v. Smith, 1990)

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