Take back "contrarianism" from the resentful, humorless, dogmatic Left

Yglesias's first day at Slate.

Class Warfare Takes To The Skies

Don't Blame Apple for Inequality

Italy's Forgotten Era of Debt Reduction

Also at Slate, John Waters discusses staying in Baltimore, becoming a capitalist, and The Wire.

Hitchens on the notion of American exceptionalism and conservatives' solipsism.