{"id":2861,"date":"2015-05-29T13:35:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T18:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2015-06-11T15:53:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T20:53:31","slug":"readings-democracy-obamacare-inequality-climate-change-asymmetric-polarization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/readings-democracy-obamacare-inequality-climate-change-asymmetric-polarization\/","title":{"rendered":"Readings: Democracy, Obamacare, Inequality, Climate Change, Asymmetric Polarization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/political_books.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2862\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/readings-democracy-obamacare-inequality-climate-change-asymmetric-polarization\/political_books\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/political_books.jpg?fit=380%2C211&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"380,211\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"political_books\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/political_books.jpg?fit=380%2C211&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2862 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/political_books-300x167.jpg?resize=300%2C167\" alt=\"political_books\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/political_books.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/political_books.jpg?w=380&amp;ssl=1 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve been struggling with the problem of how to share some of the useful\u00a0things I come across.\u00a0 I find interesting things and they impact my thinking, but if I don&#8217;t share them, folks who read what I do post\u00a0are left without enough context to get oriented.\u00a0 Yet\u00a0there just aren&#8217;t enough hours in my\u00a0day to put together separate postings on each of them, so what to do?<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s try an experiment. \u00a0Maybe the headlines will at least provide a jumping-off point for readers. \u00a0Maybe I&#8217;ll find that now they&#8217;re here I can refer back to them more easily.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see what happens&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Elizabeth Drew on threats to the integrity of our democratic system:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.nybooks.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/articles\/archives\/2015\/may\/21\/big-dangers-next-election\/\">Big Dangers for the Next Election by Elizabeth Drew | The New York Review of Books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.nybooks.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/articles\/archives\/2015\/jun\/04\/how-money-runs-our-politics\/\">How Money Runs Our Politics by Elizabeth Drew | The New York Review of Books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>The latest Obamacare Supreme Court case. \u00a0Even Republicans know it&#8217;s nuts:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=nymag.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2015\/05\/senate-republicans-obamacare-lawsuit-is-crazy.html?mid=rss\">Senate Republicans: Obamacare Lawsuit Is Crazy &#8212; NYMag<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Smart people talking about inequality:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=krugman.blogs.nytimes.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/krugman.blogs.nytimes.com\/2015\/05\/23\/a-conversation-about-inequality-and-atkinson\/\">A Conversation About Inequality and Atkinson &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Climate change:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=nymag.com\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2015\/05\/obamas-clean-power-plan-can-save-the-world.html?mid=rss\">Obama\u2019s Clean Power Plan Can Save the World &#8212; NYMag<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Asymmetric Polarization:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=blog.academyhealth.org\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.academyhealth.org\/knowledge-based-journalism-and-our-tribal-instincts\/\">Knowledge-based journalism and our tribal instincts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=grist.org\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/politics\/asymmetrical-polarization-the-lefts-gone-left-but-the-rights-gone-nuts\/\">The left\u2019s gone left but the right\u2019s gone nuts: Asymmetrical polarization in action | Grist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.academia.edu\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/1618217\/The_Onward_March_of_Asymmetric_Partisan_Polarisation_in_the_Contemporary_Congress\">The Onward March of (Asymmetric) Partisan Polarisation in the Contemporary Congress | John E Owens &#8211; Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<!-- sktbuilder starter --><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/sktbuilder-frontend-starter.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder-wordpress-driver.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var starter = new SktbuilderStarter({\"mode\": \"prod\", \"skip\":[\"jquery\",\"underscore\",\"backbone\"],\"sktbuilderUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/\", \"driver\": new SktbuilderWordpressDriver({\"ajaxUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\", \"iframeUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/readings-democracy-obamacare-inequality-climate-change-asymmetric-polarization\/?sktbuilder=true\", \"pageId\": 2861,  \"nonce\": \"4d2216e7f6\", \"pages\": [{\"title\":\"NTD Officers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=475&action=sktbuilder\"},{\"title\":\"2022 Election\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=11490&action=sktbuilder\"}], \"page\": \"Readings: Democracy, Obamacare, Inequality, Climate Change, Asymmetric Polarization\" }) });<\/script><!-- end sktbuilder starter -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been struggling with the problem of how to share some of the useful\u00a0things I come across.\u00a0 I find interesting things and they impact my thinking, but if I don&#8217;t<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/readings-democracy-obamacare-inequality-climate-change-asymmetric-polarization\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[128,91,164,121,65,107,165,168],"class_list":["post-2861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-campaign-finance","tag-climate-change","tag-democracy","tag-income-inequality","tag-obamacare","tag-obamacare-sabotage","tag-polarization","tag-readings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/political_books.jpg?fit=380%2C211&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BzCg-K9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2861"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2865,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861\/revisions\/2865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}