Today on the Dish, Andrew piled on David Mamet for his veil of ignorance regarding guns, crime and Hobbes. He took the temperature of America’s economy with Bartlett and Collender, sized up Obama’s (mostly) conservative foreign-policy credentials and noticed a Dish shout-out da Italia. Meanwhile, Andrew asked for some transparency from the anti-Hagel crowd, remained diligent in holding Aaron Swartz’s prosecutor accountable, and chuckled at Kinsley’s quips from his new perch at TNR.

In political coverage, we rounded up commentary on the GOP’s immigration strategy, Drum counted the moments left to get it done, and Ezra Klein broke down the politics of the notorious sequester. While Pete Wehner garnered an Yglesias Award nod for his repudiation of Gingrichism, we witnessed the American workday drive down family time. Elsewhere, we continued dissecting poetry in the age of Obama, highlighted a heart-wrenching passage of Aaron Swartz’s tortured writings, and toured the dilapidated streets of Kabul.

In miscellanea, readers revisited the ethics of charging for obituaries, the discontents of Amtrak Wifi, as well as the merits of online dating. Tim Maly explored stealth chic as Heather Horn revealed the age-old jealousy of artistic prodigies. Robert Krulwich measured our lifelines, Brad Leithauser sung the praises of memorizing verse, and David Carr resurrected Kenny in his report on Matt and Trey. While Emily Anthes opposed circumcision of pooches’ tails, Jeb Boniakowski hankered for a more cosmopolitan Big Mac.

We turned on, tuned in, and dropped out with the Beav during the MHB, glanced at a crisp, clear morning in Boston, Massachusetts for the VFYW, and met a Westminster hopeful in the Face of the Day.

–B.J.