First of all, Ilsa starts her new job today. Best of luck, Ilsa, don't take any guff from any of those stuffy tenured profs.
For a summary of actual news, today, check out Slate's daily, Today's Papers feature. Monday's highlights include progress on a status of forces agreement in Iraq that would have U.S. soldiers out of Iraqi cities by June and out of the country altogether by Dec. 2011. I don't think it's a coincidence that negotiations have started moving again since Barack's election.
Also, John McCain will be in Chicago today to meet with Barack. What on Earth are they going to have to talk about? Officially, they're supposed to discuss how they can work together on "issues facing the country." I think they'll both be checking their watches 20 minutes in.
A lot of papers have an interesting angle on HRC possibly being offered Secretary of State: Bill's shady international donors could be an issue. Bears watching.
One final note. I had a couple beers last night with a good friend who's a professor of political economy. In talking about Obama, he mentioned that in his studies, he's been amazed at how long many of the regulatory regimes that arose between 1964-70 (e.g., EPA, OSHA) have survived decades of attempts by the GOP to scuttle them. He's hoping that Obama push through some measures on the environment and health care that could also endure conservative onslaughts for the next 40 years.
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