A Halloween Story for Thanksgiving

Robert Reich chose Thanksgiving Day to post a very scary column at Huffington Post. Read it if you dare (caution: it features a former half-term governor of Alaska).

the deficit commission trial balloon

The co-chairs of the deficit commission have released a trial balloon before the commission finishes its work. Kevin Drum of Mother Jones has a commment, with a nice chart to illustrate, on why they're on the wrong track.