Rubio Takes Aim at the Left  —  Marco Rubio launched his presidential campaign this afternoon with an event in Miami.  In my opinion, Rubio understands, and is able to speak to, the current mood of most Americans better than any of the other candidates of either party.

How Vox aggregates  —  I started as a blogger in the pre-social web, when the only way to build an audience was to have other sites quote or link to your work.  Those links didn't drive a ton of traffic back to the original site, but they drove some, and sometimes you would get a new regular reader out of the deal.