Ezra Klein responds to the report that said that 47% of Americans will pay no federal income tax this year. Klein points out that most pay state, local, and payroll taxes.

Marc Ambinder writes about the obesity epidemic. I'll probably come back to this one, because I love public health policy. 

Taking a cue from Sarah Palin, Dan Drezner writes his own speaker contract. What's on your diva list? How about foot rubs by a tall Scandinavian man named Sven?