I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.
— Emily Brontë, who died on this date in 1848
An Obama Speechwriter Looks Back At The Last Eight Years, And Helps Prepare For The Next Four, Through The Lens Of Books
“It became more real: This good man was in fact going to be our president. He was going to call other presidents and be in charge. So if you ask me what I remember most from that day? The sunlight; my wife’s small brown hand in my own; the feeling that from this moment, our history could be amended, our Union made more perfect, our lives more free.
Jack Townsend, Russians Must Have Time on Their Hands. Apparently Russians like to read about tax crime
Warren and Booker polish their 2020 resumes Politico
Euro Foods Group: Tax inquiry into Kukd grant guarantor
“The U.S. economy added roughly 2.4 million jobs over the past year. Over the same period, the unemployment rate fell from 5.0% to 4.9%, close to the lowest it has been in nearly a decade. The 1.7% employment growth nationwide was not uniform, and some areas lost a substantial share of jobs. To determine the cities that lost the most jobs, 24/7 Wall St. analyzed employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Most cities added jobs in past 12 months, and most have posted unemployment declines. In 75 metro areas, however, there was a net loss in total employment. The Lafayette, Louisiana metro area had the most job loss, with total employment falling by 4.5% since October 2015. Click here to see the American cities losing the most jobs this year.”
Via US irs workers hate what leaders in their part of the world are doing
Senate Finance Committee Majority Staff Report, A Review of IRS Employee Travel: Reductions in IRS Long-Term Travel Spending Needed Employee Travel
Donald Trump raises specter of treason Boston Globe and None Dare Call it Treason Bill Moyers. I’m so old I remember when not guaranteeing you’d accept the election results was the worst thing in the world
Sometimes, the best fact-checking skill is a sense of humor. Read this "Scary Mommy" blog post about a recent uproar over a fake toy
Thomas Schelling’s Nobel Lecture on Hiroshima and the nuclear taboo. Henry on Schelling. The NYT obituary. Kennedy School oral history from Schelling
Does bullying make men leave the labor market?, paper here
Vanity Fair’s subscriptions soar after troll-y Trump tweet
When should prosecutors act like people, instead of like prosecutors? It’s a harder question to answer than you might think. The Washington Post reported this week on the murder of 21-year-old Grant Dosunmu, who was shot to death Sunday night while sitting in his car in one of the toniest neighborhoods in DC. A graduate of the District’s flagship public high school, Grant grew up in the neighborhood and still lived there with his parents. He was found dead just two blocks from his house