Recommended reading

• Conor Friedersdorf says that Americans should be allowed to sell stuff without a permit. Meanwhile, politicians in California are trying to solve that state's economic problems by, erm, regulating babysitters. This is the land of the free, right?

• Postal Service workers paid to do nothing. Unions + government + monopoly=insanity.

• Here's your health care stat of the day.

• Philip Klein makes the very good point that Republicans cannot content themselves with mere bashing of Obamacare, and must instead articulate an alternate vision. 

• It seems that China, which has inspired so much of the nonsensical push for green energy, is rethinking the wisdom of electric vehicles. But, but, green energy is the future!