With Malice Towards None and Cake and Ice Cream: Punching In

7 reasons to focus on jobs, not the deficit, in the State of the Union.
Another big priority: voting should be easy. We need to ease access and modernize registration.
One of Michelle Obama’s guests tonight: a 102-year-old Florida woman who stood in line for hours to vote.
Why President Obama isn’t interested in raising the Medicare eligibility age. (For one thing, it’s a bad idea.)
Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison is absolutely right about why the sequester is threatening us.
The Affordable Care Act is a good deal for young people.
Related: Young progressives are a growing force in Montana politics.
Finally: Happy 204th birthday to Abraham Lincoln, our 16th President.
