- Holy Mackerel – Justin Scheck at the Wall Street Journal explains how pouches of a fish no one wants to eat replaced cigarettes as the basic unit of currency in America’s prisons. Totally fascinating. (via Marginal Revolution)
- The Choice – The editors of The New Yorker make as powerful a case as I’ve read anywhere for Barack Obama.
- Crystal Head Vodka – Dan Aykroyd is totally nuts, but I still kind of want one of these. (via reddit)
- The Money Meltdown – A great primer on the current crisis. (via waxy.org)