These are today's best ideas
1. Can we get rid of mosquitoes all together?
By Helen Coster at Reuters
2. The GOP should be fighting for campaign finance reform.
By Richard W. Painter in the New York Times
3. If Nigeria can’t defeat Boko Haram, who can?
By Aryn Baker in Time
4. Here’s how the Obama administration has tried to fix America’s broken retirement system.
By Brian Menickella in Forbes
5. What should we do with hundreds of idle coal-fired power plants?
By Daniel J. McGraw in Pacific Standard
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