You Might Notice a Trend: The "crash the nation over the cliff" party is back at it.

Crooked Timber: Coercion versus care.

Wonkette: Why can't we shut up and listen to the anguished cries of the fiscally liberal, socially conservative white man?

TomDispatch: Kissinger at 100.

Economic Policy Institute: How policy has shaped racial economic disparities.

Jen Sorensen: The Labor Channel.

This installment by Batocchio. E-mail tips to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com.