friday reads

William Rivers Pitt: His Name Was Wellstone


Nonprofit rakes in nearly $250 million in annual revenue with the generous help of earmarks.


Mike Davis: Developers with Matches


Cory Doctorow on why copyright bots will never work.


The chief of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and her predecessor have taken dozens of trips at the expense of the toy, appliance and children's furniture industries and others they regulate, according to internal records obtained by The Washington Post.


Preznit Temper Tantrum