Mid-afternoon open thread

Coming Up on Sunday Kos ...

• Devilstower will hand out the inaugural Mainstream of Shame Awards, a journalist companion to the Razzies. They will include the Golden Gerstein Award for self-serving editorial idiocy, the Miller Award for outstanding achievement in stenography, and the Poison Pickler Prize for achievement in the use of misinformation and innuendo.
• Meteor Blades will revist Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s "Hundred Days" as its 75th anniversary rolls around on Sunday.
• Trying something new here: two contributing editors will write two essays on the same subject, with a different angle and expertise. This week, DemFromCT will explore the political and structural barriers that stand in the way of universal health care and health care reform. mcjoan will follow up on DemFromCT's post, and review the candidate's health plans.
• DHinMI will review The Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons by Jacob Heilbrunn.
• DavidNYC will explore the mystery of why science reporters love science and sports reporters love sports, but political reporters hate politics.