There's Something About Boise: We journalists are always on the hunt for nice, neat microcosms of broad trends and big ideas. The NYT's Peter Goodman thinks he found his in Boise, Idaho, a town that may be poised to blossom if (when...?) this whole economic recovery thing works out.

Weird Fishes: For reasons known only to him, the FT's Wolfgang Munchau has apparently seen fit to compare the European Commission to a rotting fish emitting a rather unpleasant odor. I'm not sure that was quite was his colleague had in mind when she laid out the merits of studying finance through the animal kingdom.

Ideas, So Hot Right Now: If downturns tend to produce waves of new ideas, and we have survived the free fall stage of this downturn, then it's as good a time as any to start speculating about what the next earth-shattering thing on the horizon might be. Tasty food for thought from some big names in the thinking biz.

The First Rule of Planet Money Is You Do Not Talk About Planet Money: Adam Davidson got Elizabeth Warren pretty riled up during their interview last week--but not nearly as riled up as he got his listeners, who lambasted him on the blog all weekend for being way out of line. Score one for new media; listeners got an apology out of him. Score two for Warren, whose take on the economy was clearly more popular.