What you missed on Sunday Kos ...
- In "The Case For Partisanship: The Debate Impacts Policy," Armando argued that political debates over policy are the principal opportunity for shaping public attitudes over policy. He explored how political debate has pushed policy outcomes over the history of the country and how it can do so today.
- Mark E Andersen looked at the human cost of Scott Walker's attack on public workers and asked, "What would you do if your pay was cut by $500 a month?"
- brooklynbadboy examined the polls on free trade, which indicate a political opportunity for Democrats who challenge the bipartisan orthodoxy in favor of it.
- Mark Sumner noted that while it's tough to find any connection between tax rates and economic growth, there does seem to be some things that are connected.
- Dick Cheney is back in the news and Laurence Lewis once again reviewed his accomplishments.
- Continuing her series, Latinos in the U.S., Denise Oliver Velez discussed the assault on Chicana/o ethnic studies.
- Dante Atkins hoped that President Obama's acquiescence to John Boehner on the timing of his speech on jobs doesn't mirror the substance.
- Hunter took a line-by-line look at what may be the worst single Hurricane Irene-related editorial yet published.