Some Weekend Reads

Some Weekend Reads

It got hidden behind a paywall before I could share it, but the Grand Forks Herald notes that Sen. Byron Dorgan's retirement marks the last vestige of North Dakota's century-old Non-Partisan League. The NPL was part of the upper midwest Scandinavian lefty tradition that included the LaFollette Progressives in Wisconsin and Minnesota's Farmer-Labor Party, so as a lefty with Scandinavian roots I take note.

Iowa's doomed to lose its fifth House seat but Cook takes a look at the ten states that are "on the bubble," complete with speculative maps.

An "intellectually substantial" look at Julian Assange's rationale for leaking the Wikileaks.

And speaking of intellectually substantial, it's been nearly 20 years and I'm still looking to justify dropping out of grad school. So I'll always link to a good "the Ph. D. isn't worth it" article. At least I was in grad school long enough to appreciate the humor.