The five TAP pieces that have made a stir around the web this week.

  1. “Washington’s I.T. Guy“
  2. “Don’t Let Fake President Maddow Set Your Expectations“
  3. “The Unlucky Luck of the 2010 Graduate“
  4. “Calculating BP’s Liability“
  5. “The Two Conservatisms“

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent for The Week, an economics and climate reporter for ThinkProgress, and has written for the policy journal Democracy.