Brad Delong: Here’s some advice for Alan Greenspan. When history has judged you guilty, your next step should be to show remorse.

We Are Respectable Negroes: One man offers his perspective—and more questions—about 12 Years a Slave.

Richard Florida: The Tea Party’s Destructive Class is located where the Creative Class is not.

Plunderbund: Will Republican Governor John Kasich overcome opposition—and possible lawsuits—from his own party to expand Medicaid for 275,000 Ohioans?

Speaking of which, your quote of the day: “When you die and get to the meeting with St. Peter, he's probably not going to ask you much about what you did about keeping government small, but he's going to ask you what you did for the poor. You'd better have a good answer.” (John Kasich, on expanding Medicaid in Ohio, June 2013.)

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