Read Stuff, You Should

Happy Birthday to Steven Bochco, 70.

I'm traveling and in meetings early this week, so posting may be sporadic, but that's no excuse for skipping the good stuff:

1. I mostly blame the mainstream conservatives who make up the bulk of the GOP conference for the shutdown; here's a perspective that puts Speaker Boehner at fault. I disagree, but plausible!

2. Josh Huder on the future of the filibuster.

3. And Dan Drezner: Yankees, or North Korea?