David Brooks vs. the House Progressives

Matt Yglesias writes for Slate: “The biggest problem the liberal faction of the Democratic Party generally has is getting heard at all, so I’m really glad that David Brooks dedicated a column to explaining his problems with the Congressional Progressive…

The Retro Wife Opts Out: What Has Changed, And What Still Needs To

Lisa Belkin writes for The Huffington Post: “This week, New York Magazine, in an article titled ‘The Retro Wife,’ reports that women are choosing to leave the workplace to care for children. ‘Young, educated, married mothers find themselves not uninterested in the metaconversation about ‘having it all’,” Lisa Miller writes, ‘but untouched by it.’”

Leaning in won’t help your career

Brigid O’Farrell writes for Salon: “OK, Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg didn’t say ‘join a union.’ But that’s the message the vast majority of working women should be considering this Women’s History Month. The best way for the most women to improve t…

After the Flimflam

Paul Krugman writes for The New York Times: “It has been a big week for budget documents. In fact, members of Congress have presented not one but two full-fledged, serious proposals for spending and taxes over the next decade.”