Today’s must-reads:
- Obama scraps Bush’s approach to missile defense (NYT)
- Spencer Ackerman: “The Balance Sheet on the Scrapped Missile Shield” (The Washington Independent)
- China recovery picking up steam, US still lags (NYT)
- The White House’s weak response to the climate bill delay (MoJo)
- Paul Krugman’s latest on the Baucus bill (NYT)
- Mike Tomasky: Jimmy Carter’s no-win talk of racism (The Guardian)
- “The Lessons of Lindsay.” (Sports Shooter)
- Obama names ex-lobbyist for Enron-like co. to top regulator post. We expose & explain: (MoJo)
- Sonia Sotomayor goes after corporate personhood (WSJ)
- Inmate to testify about the failure of his execution (NYT)
- How Tim Noah’s factual error found its way into Obama’s health care speech. (Slate)
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