The story behind this song isn't very nice, and Serge Gainsbourg wasn't a nice man. I still think the song is nice.
-Doug Henwood has some smart criticisms of the new "Strike Debt" campaign to buy up cheap consumer debt.
-Robert Rubin stands up for a progressive causes and makes some really good arguments for raising marginal tax rates. And I've always wondered what it's like to get hate mail, so I thought I should try writing "Robert Rubin stands up for progressive causes".
-Andrew Coyne tries to stamp out fear mongering about China.
-Richard Posner defends the electoral college.
-Rick Perlstein writes about the intersection of the conservative movement and straight-up con-men.
-Hussein Ibish explains internal Hamas politics.
-Nathan Thrall's interview in Tablet was pretty illuminating too.
I hope you all have a nice week, and I hope there isn't a ground invasion of Gaza.
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