Crooked Timber: End of the beginning

Sadly, No!: Apparently, the Pope has read Karl Marx, and Bloomberg News and some rightie bloggers think that makes him a prophet

Daily Kos: Needless to say, if we had universal healthcare, enemies of unions wouldn't be able to tell this particular lie, and American auto companies would be doing a lot better financially.

cab drollery: The arguments for Colombia's corporate class receiving trade favoritism are the usual, but their efforts appear to be directed toward covering up, rather than eliminating, violations of human rights.

Bob Geiger has cartoons for the 'Real America' and batocchio has the others

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