WonkPM: Your afternoon update from Wonkblog for August 16, 2013

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View on the Web. Friday, August 16, 2013 WonkPM is your afternoon update of the latest posts on Wonkblog. WonkPM is a supplement to your morning Wonkbook newsletter. If you'd like to opt-out from receiving WonkPM, please click here. The CIA first tested drones in Area 51 because of course they did 'Dear Dylan': The Wonkblog advice column for everything We at Wonkblog love advice columns. But we wish they were a little…wonkier. Fewer feelings, more graphs. So we asked Dylan — who is king of the fewer-feelings-more-graphs approach to life — to answer some Dear Prudence questions. Going forward, … Continue reading → Did President Obama know about the NSA's privacy problems? Is Washington in a 'post-policy era'? Peter Suderman offers the provocative thought that Washington is in “a post-policy moment.” The core fact, he says, is that both parties have achieved the goals they care about most: Republicans have kept taxes low, defense spending high, and the … Continue reading → Corporations had ONE JOB on gender diversity. Take a guess on whether they did it. It’s no secret that women are horrendously underrepresented on corporate boards. Catalyst estimates that 16.6 percent of Fortune 500 board seats are occupied by women. Only in Finland (26.8 percent), Sweden (27 percent) and Norway (40.9 percent) do women make … Continue reading → These two charts explain the housing market Two headlines today capture the forces that are pushing and pulling on the U.S. housing market: First, the Commerce Department reported Friday that housing starts rose to an 896,000 annual rate in July, way up from the 836,000 recorded in … Continue reading → Here's a decapitated snake head attacking its own body Well, someone had to post the creepiest Lunch Break of all time, so… Via the Guardian, which captions: “A copperhead snake, decapitated in Huntsville, Alabama, manages to bite its own body after its head has been severed. The venomous reptile’s … Continue reading → Ross Douthat sums up the state of the Republican Party in one perfect tweet   You can — and should! — follow Douthat on Twitter here. Don't blame the CFPB for tight credit With the confirmation of Richard Cordray, the financial industry has stopped trying to destroy the young agency he runs, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But that doesn’t mean it’s stopped complaining about what the Bureau is up to. In particular, … Continue reading → Why is Chrystia Freeland leaving journalism to run for office? Until recently, Chrystia Freeland was managing director and editor for consumer news at Reuters. She was also a prolific author, including, most recently, of the excellent book Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone … Continue reading → Follow Ezra Klein:     You are receiving WonkPM as a supplement to your morning Wonkbook newsletter. If you no longer wish to receive WonkPM, or would like to unsubscribe from Wonkbook entirely, click here. ©2013 The Washington Post 1150 15th St NW Washington, DC 20071 Help & Contact Info Privacy Policy

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