Gary Burton (with Larry Coryell) - Live in Berlin 1967

David Crosby - Laughing

I've posted this song before, but the link has broken. It's slow, dreamy, and sad, and every so often comes back into my head from nowhere. Jerry Garcia plays pedal steel guitar.

Krugman on ObamaRomneyCare

Professor K focuses, as he usually does, on the essentials.

To understand the lies, you first have to understand the truth. How would ObamaRomneycare change American health care?
For most people the answer is, not at all. In particular, those receiving good health benefits from employers would keep them. The act is aimed, instead, at Americans who fall through the cracks, either going without coverage or relying on the miserably malfunctioning individual, “non-group” insurance market.

Joan of Arc - Jennifer Warnes (with Leonard Cohen)

From JW's LC tribute album in 1986.

Gail Collins on State Legislatures and Reproductive Issues

Collins's blend of humor with solid reporting makes her the closest we have to Molly Ivins today.

Lawmakers venture into murky waters when they attempt to deal with the mysteries of human reproduction. The results are generally short of scientific. Once, when I was covering the Connecticut House of Representatives, a bill introduced at the behest of professional musicians, “An Act Concerning Rhythm Machines,” was referred to the Public Health Committee under the assumption that it was about birth control.

Lightnin' Hopkins - Let Me Play With Your Poodle

What the hell, why not some more Lightnin'? Can't hurt, might help.

Lightnin' Hopkins - Hurricane Beulah/Baby, Scratch My Back

Born this day one hundred years ago in Centerville, Texas. Happy birthday, Mr. H.