What I'm Reading, Sunday, March 4, 2012

Politics

• Brad DeLong: I Hope Jonathan Chait Is Right. I Hope Jonathan Chait Is Right….
• The Maddow Blog – Charts: GOP shifts right
  • An Update on Political Polarization (through 2011) – Part III: The Presidential Square Wave | voteview blog
• ‘SNL’ lampoons Mitt Romney’s Michigan victory (video) – Election 2012 – The Washington Post

Climate & Climate Politics

• Roy Spencer’s Junk Science

Economics & The Economy

• Only in the Washington Post: No Link Between Growth and Jobs | Beat the Press

Some recent criticism of libertarian Charles Murray:

• Adam Smith on Charles Murray — Marginal Revolution
• Jared Bernstein: Just How Elitist Are You? Murray’s ‘How Thick Is Your Bubble’ Quiz
• Charles Murray’s “Coming Apart” | Jared Bernstein | On the Economy
• My debate with Charles Murray – Charles Murray – Salon.com
• Charles Murray does it again – Salon.com

Atheism

• Bill Maher – Atheism Not a Religion + Mitt Romney in-Law Unbaptism (Real Time New Rules 02-03-2012) – YouTube
• An Atheist Hero is Something to Be | (A)theologies | Religion Dispatches