For anyone who is interested, I heard a great lecture on NPR tonight by Laura Tyson, "The Quest for Economic Stability in a Changing World." It is really worth listening to. It can be found at http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/ . This site (the Commonwealth Club of California) also seems to have a great deal of other interesting lectures that some of you might enjoy.

Something else to keep your eye on:

The lobby disclosure bill:

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vplob305234748may30,0,7910257.story?coll=ny-editorials-headlines

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/committees-grapple-with-disclosures-2007-06-08.html

Though undeniably messy, I hope this is a step in the right direction.

Tomorrow I will try to give an update on our summer thus far (Las Vegas, Cali, Houston and Norman).