Read Stuff, You Should

Happy Birthday to Sir Paul McCartney. 70.

On to the good stuff:

1. Sarah Binder on the Thurmond Rule.

2. Andrew Rudalevige on second terms.

3. Working without a mandate: the case of Washington state, by Sarah Kliff.

4. Groceries, over thirty years. NPR's Lam Thuy Vo has the charts.

5. And a Kevin Drum reader on education at public vs. private universities.