Things I saw around the intertubes

• Via Big Easy, Little Choice:The cautionary tale of New Orleans school “choice.”

• Even the IMF agrees that inequality is a drag on economic growth. Doh!

• PBS science correspondent Miles O’Brien had his left arm amputated after a minor injury put his life at risk. Jesus, that sucks.

• Watch CNN commentator LZ Granderson call Ken Cuccinelli a “homophobe.” (Personally, I think “closet case” might be more accurate, but who knows?)

• “Why I Left The GOP,” at Salon. A self-described “rich Republican” on how Katrina opened his eyes and led to rejecting their agenda.

• Ronan Farrow is getting a journalism award? He’s been a journalist for, what, ten minutes? Oh, and the NY Post says you’re not allowed to cover the ceremony unless you promise not to ask questions. O, irony!

• The media’s hysterical overreaction to Obamacare glitches might have a little something to do with class. After all, how many cable news talking heads have to worry about paying for doctor visits? [Via Commonweal.]

• If police departments were properly supervised by local officials, scams like this would be a lot less likely.

• Jeremy Scahill is the turd in the punchbowl at the Oscar party, and also talks about his new project with Glenn Greenwald.

• Thanks to saturating the airwaves with his ads, progressive millionaire Tom Wolf is kicking the crap out of DLC-Dem Allyson Schwartz in Pennsylvania’s Democratic gubernatorial primary race. Can he hold that lead? Of course not, but it’s still encouraging.

The Department of Transportation has issued an emergency order requiring crude oil rail shippers to test each load — and classify it as higher risk.

• Plus, a boy and his puppy take a nap!