| View on the Web. |  | Wednesday, July 3, 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 Computer History Museum reports that Douglas Engelbart, the inventor of the computer mouse, passed away this morning. He was 88 years old. Engelbart created the first mouse prototype in 1963. He showed off the capabilities of his invention, and … Continue reading →
The headlines from the past few days of automotive company earnings releases sure have been rosy. In the first half of 2013, it looks like Americans are buying cars at a rate not seen since before the recession, at an … Continue reading →
There are people who, for reasons beyond my understanding, take the time to learn a great deal about golf even though no one is paying them money to do so. The same is true for baseball, and cooking, and video … Continue reading →
Caroline Freund is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and former chief economist for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank. We spoke by phone Wednesday about the massive protests in Egypt right … Continue reading →
This is the time of year when we celebrate the independence of our nation by blowing up a small part of it. It is fireworks season. We will leave to others (interns, probably) the task of trudging through the crowded, … Continue reading →
A new estimate from the Congressional Budget Office suggests that the final version of the Senate immigration bill would cut future illegal immigration flows by 33 to 50 percent. The old CBO estimate, remember, suggested that the original Gang-of-Eight immigration … Continue reading →
Buttercup is a duck. Buttercup lost her leg, so her owner built her a new, prosthetic one. Buttercup now stars in a quite adorable video.
Debates over government transparency are usually framed as a contest between the executive branch and the rest of us. Transparency is supposed to help Congress, the courts and the public hold the president accountable. But history suggests that transparency is … Continue reading →
Ever since the first details of the NSA’s surveillance programs broke in early June, there have been two distinct types of coverage. There’s news about the NSA itself — its programs, the fallout. And there’s been news about the guy who … Continue reading →
The Fourth of July is nearly upon us. That means fireworks! And, alas, that also means firework injuries. What type of firework injuries, you ask? Well, the Consumer Product Safety Commission released a report last year on just that subject. … Continue reading →
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