1) A few days late, but a worthy read in the Times magazine on the business-friendly shift of the SCOTUS.
2) Wall Street Titans have turned into a bunch of welfare clients, says Dionne.
3) Krugman says we can expect a 25 percent drop in home prices, but he's unsure how the madness on Wall Street will affect Main Street. (h/t Ezra)
Adam Doster, a contributing editor at In These Times, is a Chicago-based freelance writer and former reporter-blogger for Progress Illinois.