Ezra Klein, “Why libertarianism fails in health care.” Ezra points out that a former campaign manager of Ron Paul’s died of pneumonia without health insurance because he had a pre-existing condition and couldn’t get insurance. Ezra also makes the point that many people who receive health care are not in a position to refuse it. For example, if you are hit by a bus you may wake up six months later with a $600,000 hospital bill. I also think someone should ask Paul if he’d let a two-year-old die because his parents don’t have insurance.

Paul Krugman on the squeezed middle class.

More on the Brooklyn special election — “Jewish voters switched to GOP over NY same-sex marriage, Israel.” It wasn’t about President Obama. Everybody stop panicking.

Michael Klare, “America’s Oil Fueled Collapse.”

Another court decision about religious indoctrination in public school classrooms has the Religious Right throwing itself a pity party. I explain on the other blog.