Equal Pay Long Past Due
President Obama did the right thing requiring employers to report compensation data by gender, since transparency hurts no one and is likely to shine a light to dispel some darkness.  At the same time, I am not happy that the president chose to frame his comments around the dubious 77% figure.  Yes, using this figure makes it easier to capture attention, but choosing to use accurate-but-misleading sound-bites undermines the possibility of effective democratic deliberation.  Slate coverage was decent on this.  Ruth Marcus too.

It would be difficult to exaggerate my disappointment with the Speaker.  So much could have been done to help American families, and to strengthen American government (but that was the problem wasn't it John?) at a time when we need just that.