- David Dayen writes of the improper foreclosures congress couldn't ignore - on military families.
- Jamelle Bouie asks why Obama released his birth certificate when birthers are unlikely to change their minds.
- Matthew Yglesias sees Ben Bernanke's speech as making history, but not news.
- Christen Simeral and Veronica Beebe answer, what is this debt ceiling anyway?
- Nancy Scola says AT&T wants to convince us that the merger with T-Mobile is inevitable. We shouldn't let it.