Morning Cafe-ers! We're well into a discussion on Bill Bishop's The Big Sort. Be sure to check out the comment threads in this week's book club, Bill and the other participants have been weighing in regularly. Also intriguing: Dean Baker's question about Fanny and Freddie shareholders, and William Hartung's critique of Benny Morris' New York Times article about bombing Iran.

Plus, an excellent reader review of Jared Diamond's classic Guns, Germs and Steel.