1. The US continues to become more suburban
2. Cash, crime, and government power
3. SSC on religion. Nothing overly novel, but nicely put.
4. The political economy of smart guns (fascinating)
5. IRV in the GOP
6. "we have no choice but to try, to stay alive long enough to get off-world in meaningful numbers before war or accident does us in. Above all else, interstellar flight is a human back-up strategy." (link)